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Micah 6:15
15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Micah 6:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall sow, but not reap; You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
Context of Micah 6:15
13Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins. 14Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword. Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine. 16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Read all of Micah 6Micah 6:15 word by word
אַתָּ֥ה תִזְרַ֖ע וְלֹ֣א תִקְצ֑וֹר אַתָּ֤ה תִדְרֹֽךְ־זַ֙יִת֙ וְלֹא־תָס֣וּךְ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁתֶּה־יָּֽיִן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Micah 6:15
- Leviticus 26:20and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
- Deuteronomy 28:38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
- Isaiah 62:8Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength, I will indeed no more give thy corn [to be] food for thine enemies; and the sons of the alien shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast laboured;
- Isaiah 65:21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof:
- Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, [and] do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
- Joel 1:10The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
- Amos 5:11Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.
- Zephaniah 1:13And their wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses, and not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and not drink the wine thereof.
- Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but are not satisfied; ye drink, but are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes.
Commentaries on Micah 6:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap - Thou shalt labor to amass property, but thou shalt not have God's blessing; and whatever thou collectest, thy enemies shall carry away. And at last carry thyself into captivity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap - Micah renews the threatenings of the law Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:38-41, which they had been habitually breaking. Those prophecies had been fulfilled before, throughout their history; they have been fulfilled lately in Israel for the like oppression of the poor Amos 5:11. Their frequent fulfillment spoke as much of a law of God‘s righteousness, punishing sin, as the yearly supply in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, before you see it, and feel it. Hear the rod when it is come, and you are sensible of the smart; hear what counsels, what cautions it speaks. The voice of God is to be heard in the rod of God. Those who are dishonest in their dealings shall never be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-16I am striking you severely: This phrase introduces the curses God promised to bring upon the disobedient and rebellious people of Israel (see Deuteronomy 28:15–68).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. sow ... not reap--fulfilling the threat (Le 26:16; De 28:38-40; Am 5:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Micah 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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