13 “So also I will make you (A)sick, striking you down,
(B)Desolating you because of your sins.
14 “You will eat, but you will (C)not be satisfied,
And your [a]vileness will be in your midst.
You will try to remove for safekeeping,
But you will (D)not preserve anything,
And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.
15 “You will sow but you will (E)not reap.
You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And the grapes, but you will (F)not drink wine.

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  1. Micah 6:14 Or possibly garbage or excreta

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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  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