And the landוְ הָאָרֶץwill becomeהָיְתָהa desolationלִשְׁמָמָהbecause ofעַלits inhabitants,יֹשְׁבֶיהָfor the fruitמִפְּרִיof their deeds.מַעַלְלֵיהֶם
Micah 7:13
Study it in the app“And the land will become a desolation because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their deeds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 7:13, word by word
- And the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- will becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- its inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- for the fruitפְּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears- of their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears
The context
12That day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, and sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.
13 · This verse (above)
14Shepherd your people with your rod, the flock of your inheritance, which dwells alone, in the forest in the midst of a fertile field; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of long ago.