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14 You shall eat but not be satisfied,
    and there shall be a gnawing hunger within you;
you shall put away but not save,
    and what you save, I will hand over to the sword.(A)
15 You shall sow but not reap;
    you shall tread olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;
    you shall tread grapes but not drink wine.(B)
16 For you have kept the statutes of Omri[a]
    and all the works of the house of Ahab,
    and you have followed their counsels.
Therefore I will make you a desolation and your[b] inhabitants an object of hissing,
    so you shall bear the scorn of my people.(C)

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  1. 6.16 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb the statutes of Omri are kept
  2. 6.16 Heb its