Micah 6:13 (WEB)

Passage

Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

Nearby Context

Micah 6:11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

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

Micah 6:13 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

Micah 6:14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be within you. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.

Micah 6:15 You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "struck", "grievous", "wound", "desolate", and "sins". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "struck", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Her rich men are full of violence..." into verse 14's "You shall eat but not be satisfied...", so "therefore" and "struck" 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 "struck" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.