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12 The wealthy men of the city are steeped in violence;
    its inhabitants are liars
    and their tongues speak deceitfully.
13 Therefore, I intend to strike you with devastation
    because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied,
    for your stomach will continue to experience hunger.
You will acquire but be unable to save,
    and what you do save,
    I will deliver up to the sword.

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12 Your rich people are violent;(A)
    your inhabitants are liars(B)
    and their tongues speak deceitfully.(C)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(D) you,
    to ruin[a] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(E)
    your stomach will still be empty.[b]
You will store up but save nothing,(F)
    because what you save[c] I will give to the sword.

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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