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

14 Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied, and [a]thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee, and thou [b]shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver, and that which thou deliverest, will I give up to the sword.

15 Thou shalt sow, but not reap: Thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, and make sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:14 Thou shalt be consumed with inward grief and evils.
  2. Micah 6:14 Meaning, that the city should go about to save her men, as they that lay hold on that which they would preserve.

13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(A) you,
    to ruin[a] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(B)
    your stomach will still be empty.[b]
You will store up but save nothing,(C)
    because what you save[c] I will give to the sword.
15 You will plant but not harvest;(D)
    you will press olives but not use the oil,
    you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin
  2. Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Micah 6:14 Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth