Micah 7:13 (DRB)

Passage

And the land shall be made desolate because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:11 The day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day shall the law be far removed.

Micah 7:12 In that day they shall come even from Assyria to thee, and to the fortified cities: and from the fortified cities even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

Micah 7:13 And the land shall be made desolate because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices.

Micah 7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad, according to the days of old.

Micah 7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt, I will shew him wonders.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "land", "shall", "desolate", "inhabitants", "thereof", "fruit", and "devices". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "land" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "In that day they shall come even..." into verse 14's "Feed thy people with thy rod the...", so "land" and "shall" 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 "land" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.