Micah 6:14

Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; 1 and thy emptiness remains in thee; 1 and thou shalt put away but not save; 1 and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the cherev (sword). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

In Context

13Therefore also will I make thee sick in striking thee, 1 in making thee desolate because of chattotecha. 1

15Thou shalt sow the zera, but thou shalt not reap the katzir (harvest); 1 thou shalt tread the zayit (olives), but thou shalt not anoint thee with shemen (olive oil); 1 and yayin shalt thou not drink. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:26And when I have broken the matteh (staff, supply) of your lechem, eser nashim shall bake your lechem in one oven, and they shall dole out your lechem by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Deuteronomy 32:25The cherev without, 1 and terror within, 1 shall destroy both the bochur and the betulah, 1 the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 1

Isaiah 9:20Menasheh against Ephrayim; and Ephrayim, Menasheh; 1 they together shall be against Yehudah. 1 For all this His anger is not turned away; 1 His yad is upraised still.

Isaiah 30:6The massa (burden) of the beasts of the Negev: 1 Into the eretz tzarah and anguish, 1 from which come the lion and lioness, 1 the viper and fiery flying serpent, 1 they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, 1 and their otzarot (treasures) upon the humps of gemalim (camels), 1 to a people that shall not profit them. 1

Jeremiah 48:44He that fleeth from the pachad (terror) 1 shall fall into the pakhat (pit); 1 and he that getteth up out of the pakhat 1 shall be caught in the pach (snare); 1 for I will bring upon it, even upon Moav, 1 the shnat (year of) their pekuddah (visitation), saith Hashem. 1

Ezekiel 5:12A third part of thee shall die by dever, and by ra'av shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the cherev all around thee; and I will scatter a third part into kol ruach, and I will draw out a cherev after them.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:10-16

Accusations and Threatenings. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The Lord 's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their… Read the whole commentary →

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