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12 The rich people in the city are violent.
    Those who live in the city speak lies,
        and their tongues speak deceitfully.
13 I have begun to strike you with heavy blows
    and to ruin you because of your sins.
14 You will eat, but you won’t be full.
    So you will always be hungry.
    You will put things away, but you won’t save them.
    Anything you save I will destroy.

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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