14 (A)You shall eat, but not be satisfied;
[a]Hunger shall be in your midst.
You may carry some away,[b] but shall not save them;
And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.

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  1. Micah 6:14 Or Emptiness or Humiliation
  2. Micah 6:14 Tg., Vg. You shall take hold

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 For (A)they shall eat, but not have enough;
They shall commit harlotry, but not increase;
Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.

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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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“You have (A)sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And (B)he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put 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, 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 ashamed;

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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 have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back your bread by weight, (B)and you shall eat and not be satisfied.

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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 since those days, (A)when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty.

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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)Therefore [a]flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
(B)Nor shall the mighty [b]deliver himself;
15 He shall not stand who handles the bow,
The swift of foot shall not [c]escape,
Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
16 The most [d]courageous men of might
Shall flee naked in that day,”
Says the Lord.

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  1. Amos 2:14 Or the place of refuge
  2. Amos 2:14 Lit. save his soul or life
  3. Amos 2:15 Or save
  4. Amos 2:16 Lit. strong of his heart among the mighty

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)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (B)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (C)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, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the (A)supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall (B)eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall (C)drink water by measure and with dread, 17 that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and (D)waste away because of their iniquity.

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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 fear shall fall into the pit,
And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the (A)snare.
For upon Moab, upon it (B)I will bring
The year of their punishment,” says 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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(A)The [a]burden against the beasts of the South.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
(B)The viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;

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  1. Isaiah 30:6 oracle, prophecy

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)Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be [a]caught in the snare;
For (B)the windows from on high are open,
And (C)the foundations of the earth are shaken.

19 (D)The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.
20 The earth shall (E)reel[b] to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again.

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  1. Isaiah 24:18 Lit. taken
  2. Isaiah 24:20 stagger

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 And he shall [a]snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
(A)And not be satisfied;
(B)Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

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  1. Isaiah 9:20 slice off or tear

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