Micah 6:15
You will sow, but won't reap.You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil;and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
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Leviticus 26:16I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
Deuteronomy 28:38You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Judges 6:4And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, as far as Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, as well as sheep, or ox, or donkey.
Isaiah 65:21They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Joel 1:10The field is laid waste.The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,The new wine has dried up,and the oil languishes.
Zephaniah 1:13Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
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 →