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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.
15 You will plant, but you won’t harvest.
    You will crush olives, but you won’t rub the oil on your skin.
    You will make new wine, but you won’t drink it.

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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