Micah 6:15

You will sow but not reap; 1 you will tread the olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; 1 you will press grapes but drink no wine. 1

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

In Context

14You will eat but not be satisfied; 1 your emptiness will remain inside you. 1 You will store goods away but not save, 1 and what you do save I will give to the sword. + 6:14 Parts of this verse are difficult to understand, because there are two Hebrew words in it whose meanings are not known. As a result, various other readings have been proposed that some modern versions follow. 1

16The regulations made by Omri have been kept, 1 and all the deeds of the house of Ahab. 1 You walk by their advice. 1 So I will make you, city, a ruin, 1 and you inhabitants an object of hissing, 1 and you will bear the reproach of my people.” + 6:16 The Hebrew text has you will bear the reproach of my people , but an ancient Greek version has you will bear the scorn of the nations . Some modern versions follow this reading.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16—if you do these things, then I will do this to you: I will inflict terror on you, diseases and fever that will destroy the eyes and will drain away your life. You will plant your seeds for nothing, because your enemies will eat their produce.

Deuteronomy 28:38You will take much seed out into the field, but will gather little seed in, for the locusts will consume it.

Judges 6:4They would set up their army on the land and destroy the crops, all the way to Gaza. They would leave no food in Israel, and no sheep, nor cattle or donkeys.

Isaiah 65:21They will build houses and inhabit them, and they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 1

Joel 1:10The fields are ruined, 1 the ground is mourning because the grain has been destroyed. 1 The new wine has dried up, 1 the oil fails. 1

Zephaniah 1:13Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses will be an abandoned devastation! 1 They will build houses but not live in them, and plant vineyards but not drink their wine. 1

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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