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Verse	Translation	Text
Mic 6:13	Strong Concordance	Therefore also will I make thee sick [02470] in smiting [05221] thee, in making thee desolate [08074] because of thy sins [02403].
	King James	Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
make thee sick in smiting-- (Lev 26:16, to which perhaps the allusion here is, as in Mic 6:14; Psa 107:17-18; Jer 13:13).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

make thee sick in smiting-- (Lev 26:16, to which perhaps the allusion here is, as in Mic 6:14; Psa 107:17-18; Jer 13:13).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Therefore also will I - (Literally, And I too,) that is, this dost thou, and thus will I too do. Pococke: "As thou madest sick the heart of the poor oppressed, so will I, by My grievous and severe punishments, make thee sick," or make thy wound incurable, as in Nahum, "thy wound is grievous," (Nah 3:19 literally, made sick. In making thee desolate because of thy sins. The heaping up riches shall itself be the cause of thy being waste, deserted, desolate.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The threat of punishment follows in Mic 6:13-16. Mic 6:13. "So also now do I smite thee incurably, laying waste because of thy sins. Mic 6:14. Thou wilt eat, and not be satisfied; and thine emptiness remains in thee; and thou wilt remove, and not save; and what thou savest I will give to the sword. Mic 6:15. Thou wilt sow, and not reap; thou wilt tread olives, and not anoint thyself with oil; new wine, and not drink wine." With וגם־אני the threatened punishment is represented as the consequence of, or retribution for, the sins of the people. החליתי הך: literally, I have made the smiting thee sick, i.e., smitten thee with incurable sickness (for hechelaah, see at Nah 3:19 and Jer 30:12; and for the fact itself, Isa 1:5-6). The perfect expresses the certainty of the future. The suffix refers to the people, not of the capital only, but, as we may see from Mic 6:16, of the whole of the kingdom of Judah. Hashmēm (an uncontracted form; see Ges. 67, Anm. 10), devastando, is attached to the preceding verb in an adverbial sense, as a practical exemplification, like the שׁבע in Lev 26:18, Lev 26:24, Lev 26:28, which Micah had in his eye at the time. For the individualizing of the punishment, which follows, rests upon Lev 26:25-26, and Deu 28:39-40. The land is threatened with devastation by the foe, from which the people flee into fortresses, the besieging of which occasions starvation. For the fulfilment of this, see Jer 52:6 (cf. Kg2 6:25). ישׁח, ἁπ.λεγ., hollowness, or emptiness of stomach. ותסּג, thou mayest remove, i.e., carry off thy goods and family, yet wilt thou not save; but even if thou shouldst save anything, it will fall into the hands of the enemy, and be destroyed by his sword (vid., Jer 50:37). The enemy will also partly consume and partly destroy the corn and field-fruit, as well as the stores of oil and wine (vid., Amo 5:11). ולא תסוּך שׁמן is taken verbatim from Deu 28:40.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The threat of punishment follows in Mic 6:13-16. Mic 6:13. "So also now do I smite thee incurably, laying waste because of thy sins. Mic 6:14. Thou wilt eat, and not be satisfied; and thine emptiness remains in thee; and thou wilt remove, and not save; and what thou savest I will give to the sword. Mic 6:15. Thou wilt sow, and not reap; thou wilt tread olives, and not anoint thyself with oil; new wine, and not drink wine." With וגם־אני the threatened punishment is represented as the consequence of, or retribution for, the sins of the people. החליתי הך: literally, I have made the smiting thee sick, i.e., smitten thee with incurable sickness (for hechelaah, see at Nah 3:19 and Jer 30:12; and for the fact itself, Isa 1:5-6). The perfect expresses the certainty of the future. The suffix refers to the people, not of the capital only, but, as we may see from Mic 6:16, of the whole of the kingdom of Judah. Hashmēm (an uncontracted form; see Ges. 67, Anm. 10), devastando, is attached to the preceding verb in an adverbial sense, as a practical exemplification, like the שׁבע in Lev 26:18, Lev 26:24, Lev 26:28, which Micah had in his eye at the time. For the individualizing of the punishment, which follows, rests upon Lev 26:25-26, and Deu 28:39-40. The land is threatened with devastation by the foe, from which the people flee into fortresses, the besieging of which occasions starvation. For the fulfilment of this, see Jer 52:6 (cf. Kg2 6:25). ישׁח, ἁπ.λεγ., hollowness, or emptiness of stomach. ותסּג, thou mayest remove, i.e., carry off thy goods and family, yet wilt thou not save; but even if thou shouldst save anything, it will fall into the hands of the enemy, and be destroyed by his sword (vid., Jer 50:37). The enemy will also partly consume and partly destroy the corn and field-fruit, as well as the stores of oil and wine (vid., Amo 5:11). ולא תסוּך שׁמן is taken verbatim from Deu 28:40.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Sick - God will e're long so smite, that the strokes shall reach the heart, and make Israel heartsick of his wounds.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Will I make thee sick in smiting thee - Perhaps better, "I also am weary with smiting thee, in making thee desolate for thy sins." They were corrected, but to no purpose; they had stroke upon stroke, but were not amended.

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¹³ Then shalt thou say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will fill [04390] all the inhabitants [03427] of this land [0776], even the kings [04428] that sit [03427] upon David's [01732] throne [03678], and the priests [03548], and the prophets [05030], and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], with drunkenness [07943].

¹⁷ Fools [0191] because [01870] of their transgression [06588], and because of their iniquities [05771], are afflicted [06031].
¹⁸ Their soul [05315] abhorreth [08581] all manner of meat [0400]; and they draw near [05060] unto the gates [08179] of death [04194].

¹⁴ Thou shalt eat [0398], but not be satisfied [07646]; and thy casting down [03445] shall be in the midst [07130] of thee; and thou shalt take hold [05253], but shalt not deliver [06403]; and that which thou deliverest [06403] will I give up [05414] to the sword [02719].

¹⁶ I also will do [06213] this unto you; I will even appoint [06485] over you terror [0928], consumption [07829], and the burning ague [06920], that shall consume [03615] the eyes [05869], and cause sorrow [01727] of heart [05315]: and ye shall sow [02232] your seed [02233] in vain [07385], for your enemies [0341] shall eat [0398] it.

¹⁹ There is no healing [03545] of thy bruise [07667]; thy wound [04347] is grievous [02470]: all that hear [08085] the bruit [08088] of thee shall clap [08628] the hands [03709] over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness [07451] passed [05674] continually [08548]?

⁴⁰ Thou shalt have olive trees [02132] throughout all thy coasts [01366], but thou shalt not anoint [05480] thyself with the oil [08081]; for thine olive [02132] shall cast [05394] his fruit.

¹¹ Forasmuch [03282] therefore as your treading [01318] is upon the poor [01800], and ye take [03947] from him burdens [04864] of wheat [01250]: ye have built [01129] houses [01004] of hewn stone [01496], but ye shall not dwell [03427] in them; ye have planted [05193] pleasant [02531] vineyards [03754], but ye shall not drink [08354] wine [03196] of them.

³⁷ A sword [02719] is upon their horses [05483], and upon their chariots [07393], and upon all the mingled people [06153] that are in the midst [08432] of her; and they shall become as women [0802]: a sword [02719] is upon her treasures [0214]; and they shall be robbed [0962].

²⁵ And there was a great [01419] famine [07458] in Samaria [08111]: and, behold, they besieged [06696] it, until an ass's [02543] head [07218] was sold for fourscore [08084] pieces of silver [03701], and the fourth part [07255] of a cab [06894] of dove's dung [01686] [03123] [02755] for five [02568] pieces of silver [03701].

⁶ And in the fourth [07243] month [02320], in the ninth [08672] day of the month [02320], the famine [07458] was sore [02388] in the city [05892], so that there was no bread [03899] for the people [05971] of the land [0776].

³⁹ Thou shalt plant [05193] vineyards [03754], and dress [05647] them, but shalt neither drink [08354] of the wine [03196], nor gather [0103] the grapes; for the worms [08438] shall eat [0398] them.
⁴⁰ Thou shalt have olive trees [02132] throughout all thy coasts [01366], but thou shalt not anoint [05480] thyself with the oil [08081]; for thine olive [02132] shall cast [05394] his fruit.

²⁵ And I will bring [0935] a sword [02719] upon you, that shall avenge [05358] the quarrel [05359] of my covenant [01285]: and when ye are gathered together [0622] within [0413] your cities [05892], I will send [07971] the pestilence [01698] among [08432] you; and ye shall be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the enemy [0341].
²⁶ And when I have broken [07665] the staff [04294] of your bread [03899], ten [06235] women [0802] shall bake [0644] your bread [03899] in one [0259] oven [08574], and they shall deliver [07725] you your bread [03899] again [07725] by weight [04948]: and ye shall eat [0398], and not be satisfied [07646].

²⁸ Then I will walk [01980] contrary [07147] unto you also in fury [02534]; and I, even [0637] I, will chastise [03256] you seven times [07651] for your sins [02403].

²⁴ Then will I also walk [01980] contrary [07147] unto you, and will punish [05221] you yet [01571] seven times [07651] for your sins [02403].

¹⁸ And if ye will not yet [05704] for all this hearken [08085] unto me, then I will punish [03256] you seven times [07651] more [03254] for your sins [02403].

¹⁶ For the statutes [02708] of Omri [06018] are kept [08104], and all the works [04639] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256], and ye walk [03212] in their counsels [04156]; that I should make [05414] thee a desolation [08047], and the inhabitants [03427] thereof an hissing [08322]: therefore ye shall bear [05375] the reproach [02781] of my people [05971].

⁵ Why should ye be stricken [05221] any more? ye will revolt [05627] more and more [03254]: the whole head [07218] is sick [02483], and the whole heart [03824] faint [01742].
⁶ From the sole [03709] of the foot [07272] even unto the head [07218] there is no soundness [04974] in it; but wounds [06482], and bruises [02250], and putrifying [02961] sores [04347]: they have not been closed [02115], neither bound up [02280], neither mollified [07401] with ointment [08081].

¹² For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Thy bruise [07667] is incurable [0605], and thy wound [04347] is grievous [02470].

¹⁵ Thou shalt sow [02232], but thou shalt not reap [07114]; thou shalt tread [01869] the olives [02132], but thou shalt not anoint [05480] thee with oil [08081]; and sweet wine [08492], but shalt not drink [08354] wine [03196].

¹³ Therefore also will I make thee sick [02470] in smiting [05221] thee, in making thee desolate [08074] because of thy sins [02403].

¹³ Therefore also will I make thee sick [02470] in smiting [05221] thee, in making thee desolate [08074] because of thy sins [02403].
¹⁴ Thou shalt eat [0398], but not be satisfied [07646]; and thy casting down [03445] shall be in the midst [07130] of thee; and thou shalt take hold [05253], but shalt not deliver [06403]; and that which thou deliverest [06403] will I give up [05414] to the sword [02719].
¹⁵ Thou shalt sow [02232], but thou shalt not reap [07114]; thou shalt tread [01869] the olives [02132], but thou shalt not anoint [05480] thee with oil [08081]; and sweet wine [08492], but shalt not drink [08354] wine [03196].
¹⁶ For the statutes [02708] of Omri [06018] are kept [08104], and all the works [04639] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256], and ye walk [03212] in their counsels [04156]; that I should make [05414] thee a desolation [08047], and the inhabitants [03427] thereof an hissing [08322]: therefore ye shall bear [05375] the reproach [02781] of my people [05971].