14 (A)You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
    and there shall be hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not preserve,
    and what you preserve I will give to the sword.

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14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(A)
    your stomach will still be empty.[a]
You will store up but save nothing,(B)
    because what you save[b] I will give to the sword.

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  1. Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. Micah 6:14 Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth

10 (A)They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
    they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
    to cherish

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10 “They will eat but not have enough;(A)
    they will engage in prostitution(B) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(C) the Lord
    to give themselves

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(A)You have sown much, and harvested little. (B)You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who (C)earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

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You have planted much, but harvested little.(A) You eat, but never have enough.(B) You drink, but never have your fill.(C) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(D) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, (A)my servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;

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13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“My servants will eat,(A)
    but you will go hungry;(B)
my servants will drink,(C)
    but you will go thirsty;(D)
my servants will rejoice,(E)
    but you will be put to shame.(F)

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26 (A)When I break your supply[a] of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and (B)you shall eat and not be satisfied.

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  1. Leviticus 26:26 Hebrew staff

26 When I cut off your supply of bread,(A) ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

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16 how did you fare? (A)When[a] one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.

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  1. Haggai 2:16 Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Lord, since they were. When

16 When anyone came to a heap(A) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(B) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(C)

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14 (A)Flight shall perish from the swift,
    (B)and the strong shall not retain his strength,
    (C)nor shall the mighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shall not stand,
    and he who is (D)swift of foot shall not save himself,
    (E)nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
    shall flee away naked in that day,”
declares the Lord.

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14 The swift will not escape,(A)
    the strong(B) will not muster their strength,
    and the warrior will not save his life.(C)
15 The archer(D) will not stand his ground,
    the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
    and the horseman(E) will not save his life.(F)
16 Even the bravest warriors(G)
    will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.

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12 (A)A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; (B)a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; (C)and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

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12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(A) and pursue with drawn sword.(B)

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16 Moreover, he said to me, (A)“Son of man, behold, (B)I will break the supply[a] of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread (C)by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water (D)by measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and (E)look at one another in dismay, and (F)rot away because of their punishment.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:16 Hebrew staff

16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(A) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(B) 17 for food and water will be scarce.(C) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[a] their sin.(D)

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  1. Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in

44 He who flees from the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
(A)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
    the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

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44 “Whoever flees(A) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year(B) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

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An (A)oracle on (B)the beasts of (C)the Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
    from where come the lioness and the lion,
    the adder and the (D)flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
    and their treasures on the humps of camels,
    to a people that cannot profit them.

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A prophecy(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:(B)

Through a land of hardship and distress,(C)
    of lions(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(F) backs,
    their treasures(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

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17 (A)Terror and the pit and the snare[a]
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 (B)He who flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For (C)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and (D)the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken,
    the earth is split apart,
    the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth (E)staggers like a drunken man;
    it sways like a hut;
(F)its transgression lies heavy upon it,
    and it falls, and will not rise again.

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  1. Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike

17 Terror(A) and pit and snare(B) await you,
    people of the earth.(C)
18 Whoever flees(D) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(E)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(F)

The floodgates of the heavens(G) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(H)
19 The earth is broken up,(I)
    the earth is split asunder,(J)
    the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(K)
    it sways like a hut(L) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(M)
    that it falls(N)—never to rise again.(O)

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20 (A)They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
    and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
(B)each devours the flesh of his own arm,

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20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(A)
on the left they will eat,(B)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:

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  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm