13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(A) you,
    to ruin[a] you because of your sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin

23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

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23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

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16 The people of Samaria(A) must bear their guilt,(B)
    because they have rebelled(C) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(D)
    their little ones will be dashed(E) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(F) ripped open.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.

17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

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17 Some became fools(A) through their rebellious ways(B)
    and suffered affliction(C) because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food(D)
    and drew near the gates of death.(E)

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21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

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21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.(A) 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease,(B) with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought,(C) with blight(D) and mildew, which will plague(E) you until you perish.(F)

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16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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16 then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever(A) that will destroy your sight and sap your strength.(B) You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.(C)

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Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

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Ephraim will be laid waste(A)
    on the day of reckoning.(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(C)

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11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

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11 he dragged me from the path and mangled(A) me
    and left me without help.

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13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

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13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(A)
He spread a net(B) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(C)
    faint(D) all the day long.

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18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

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18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

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11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

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11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(A)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,(D)

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Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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Why should you be beaten(A) anymore?
    Why do you persist(B) in rebellion?(C)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(D) afflicted.(E)
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(F)
    there is no soundness(G)
only wounds and welts(H)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(I)
    or soothed with olive oil.(J)

Your country is desolate,(K)
    your cities burned with fire;(L)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(M)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(N)

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19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)
20 so that their body finds food(D) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(E)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(F) once hidden, now stick out.(G)
22 They draw near to the pit,(H)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](I)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead