Micah 6:13 (DBY)

Passage

Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

Nearby Context

Micah 6:11 Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Micah 6:12 For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Micah 6:13 Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

Micah 6:14 Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.

Micah 6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "make", "thee", "sick", and "smiting". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "make", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "For her rich men are full of..." into verse 14's "Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied...", so "therefore" and "make" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "make" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.