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You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/micah/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will eat but never have enough. Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain. And though you try to save your money, it will come to nothing in the end. You will save a little, but I will give it to those who conquer you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall eat, but not be satisfied, and there shall be hunger within you; you shall put away, but not preserve, and what you preserve I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down <i>shall be</i> in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and <i>that</i> which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall eat, but not be satisfied; Hunger <i>shall be</i> in your midst. You may carry <i>some</i> away, but shall not save <i>them;</i> And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your filth <i>will be</i> in your midst. You will <i>try to</i> remove <i>valuables for safekeeping,</i> But you will not save <i>it all,</i> And what you do save I will turn over to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your vileness will be in your midst. You will try to remove for safekeeping, But you will not preserve anything, And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your vileness will be in your midst. You will <i>try to</i> remove <i>for safekeeping</i>, But you will not preserve <i>anything</i>, And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your vileness will be in your midst. And you will <i>try to</i> remove <i>something for safekeeping</i>, But you will not cause <i>anything</i> to escape, And that which you do have escape, I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You shall eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your emptiness shall be among you; You will [try to] remove [your goods and those you love] <i>for safekeeping</i> But you will fail to save <i>anything,</i> And what you do save I shall give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will eat but not be satisfied, for there will be hunger within you. What you acquire, you cannot save, and what you do save, I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will eat but not be satisfied, for there will be hunger within you. What you acquire, you cannot save, and what you do save, I will give to the sword. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will eat, but still be hungry; you will store up goods, but lose everything--I, the LORD, will let it all be captured in war. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt remove, but shalt not carry away safe; and that which thou carriest away will I give up to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will eat, but not be satisfied--in fact you will still be hungry. You will carry things off, but you will not be able to save them; anything you do save I will destroy in war. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You'll eat, but you won't have enough; and hunger will be common among you. You'll horde things, but you won't save them, and what you preserve I'll give over to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You eat, and you are not satisfied, "" And your pit [is] in your midst, "" And you remove, and do not deliver, "" And that which you deliver, I give to a sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou -- thou eatest, and thou art not satisfied, And thy pit is in thy midst, And thou removest, and dost not deliver, And that which thou deliverest, to a sword I give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied; and thine emptiness in the midst of thee; and thou shalt remove and shalt not deliver; and what thou shalt save I will give to the sword.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat, but shalt not be filled: and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not save: and those whom thou shalt save, I will give up to the sword. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You will consume and not be satisfied, and your humiliation will be in your midst. And you will take hold, and not save, and those whom you will save, I will deliver to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat, without being satisfied, food that will leave you empty; What you acquire, you cannot save; what you do save, I will deliver up to the sword. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall eat, but not be satisfied, and there shall be a gnawing hunger within you; you shall put away, but not save, and what you save, I will hand over to the sword.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and dysentery shall be in the midst of you; and you shall thresh wheat, but shall not keep it, and that which you retain, I will give up to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall eat and you shall not be satisfied, and dysentery will be among you, and you shall thresh and you will not save, and anything that you save I shall hand over to the sword<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; And thy sickness shall be in thine inward parts; And thou shalt conceive, but shalt not bring forth; And whomsoever thou bringest forth will I give up to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat, and shalt not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness upon thee; and he shall depart from <i>thee</i>, and thou shalt not escape; and all that shall escape shall be delivered over to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/6-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=1011" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/micah/6.htm">The Punishment of Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ṯō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: ṯiś·bā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">be satisfied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3445.htm" title="3445: wə·yeš·ḥă·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Perhaps emptiness. From an unused root meaning to gape; hunger.">and your hunger</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: bə·qir·be·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">will remain with you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5253.htm" title="5253: wə·ṯas·sêḡ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Jus-2ms) -- Departing away, remove, take hold, turn away. A primitive root; to retreat.">What you acquire,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6403.htm" title="6403: ṯap̄·lîṭ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To escape. A primitive root; to slip out, i.e. Escape; causatively, to deliver.">preserve;</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">and what</a> <a href="/hebrew/6403.htm" title="6403: tə·p̄al·lêṭ (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- To escape. A primitive root; to slip out, i.e. Escape; causatively, to deliver.">you save,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ’et·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will give</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: la·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">to the sword.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a></span><br />When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-39.htm">Deuteronomy 28:39</a></span><br />You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6</a></span><br />You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Isaiah 65:13-14</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. / My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10</a></span><br />They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17</a></span><br />They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Ezekiel 4:16-17</a></span><br />Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure. / So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a></span><br />The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10</a></span><br />For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a></span><br />Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-16.htm">Luke 12:16-21</a></span><br />Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. / So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ / Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-26.htm">John 6:26-27</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. / Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm">1 Corinthians 3:12-15</a></span><br />If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, / his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. / If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your casting down shall be in the middle of you; and you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and that which you deliver will I give up to the sword.</p><p class="hdg">eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a></b></br> <i>And</i> when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver <i>you</i> your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Isaiah 65:13</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Ezekiel 4:16,17</a></b></br> Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: … </p><p class="hdg">and thou.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Deuteronomy 32:22-25</a></b></br> For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm">Isaiah 3:6-8</a></b></br> When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, <i>saying</i>, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and <i>let</i> this ruin <i>be</i> under thy hand: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-17.htm">Isaiah 24:17-20</a></b></br> Fear, and the pit, and the snare, <i>are</i> upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-3.htm">Casting</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Conceive</a> <a href="/micah/5-8.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-14.htm">Deliverest</a> <a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-13.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/micah/4-9.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-63.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/amos/9-9.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/jonah/1-5.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-23.htm">Safekeeping</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/amos/4-8.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Save</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-16.htm">Savest</a> <a href="/micah/3-7.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Sickness</a> <a href="/jonah/2-1.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Store</a> <a href="/micah/5-6.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Try</a> <a href="/psalms/12-8.htm">Vileness</a> <a href="/daniel/5-21.htm">Whomsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/4-18.htm">Casting</a> <a href="/matthew/1-23.htm">Conceive</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/luke/22-48.htm">Deliverest</a> <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Food</a> <a href="/micah/7-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/nahum/1-7.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/acts/8-33.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/malachi/2-7.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/nahum/3-5.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/exodus/22-7.htm">Safekeeping</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-5.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-3.htm">Savest</a> <a href="/micah/7-6.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/matthew/4-23.htm">Sickness</a> <a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Store</a> <a href="/nahum/2-13.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-3.htm">Try</a> <a href="/psalms/12-8.htm">Vileness</a> <a href="/matthew/11-27.htm">Whomsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-1.htm">God's punishment for ingratitude;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">for ignorance,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-10.htm">for injustice;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-16.htm">and for idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israel, this could be seen as a curse for disobedience, echoing <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-17.htm">Deuteronomy 28:17</a>, where God warns of consequences for breaking His covenant. The lack of satisfaction despite consumption symbolizes spiritual emptiness and the futility of relying on material wealth or idolatry instead of God.<p><b>and your hunger will remain with you</b><br>This continuation of the judgment emphasizes a perpetual state of want. It suggests a deeper spiritual hunger that cannot be filled by earthly means. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of spiritual thirst and hunger, as seen in <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Amos 8:11</a>, where a famine of hearing the words of the Lord is prophesied. It underscores the idea that true fulfillment comes only from God.<p><b>What you acquire, you will not preserve</b><br>This phrase indicates a loss of security and stability. Historically, this could relate to the invasions and plundering by foreign nations that Israel faced due to their unfaithfulness. It also reflects the transient nature of earthly possessions, as seen in <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6</a>, where efforts to accumulate wealth are frustrated by divine intervention. This serves as a reminder of the futility of storing treasures on earth rather than in heaven (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a>).<p><b>and what you save, I will give to the sword</b><br>This final phrase signifies destruction and loss through warfare, a common consequence of Israel's disobedience. The "sword" often symbolizes divine judgment executed through military defeat, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9</a>. It highlights the sovereignty of God in using nations as instruments of His judgment. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who brings a sword of division (<a href="/matthew/10-34.htm">Matthew 10:34</a>), separating those who follow Him from those who do not.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>A prophet in the 8th century BC, Micah delivered messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah and Israel. His prophecies often addressed social injustices and the people's unfaithfulness to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_israel.htm">Judah and Israel</a></b><br>The divided kingdoms of God's chosen people. During Micah's time, both kingdoms faced threats from surrounding nations due to their disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyrian_threat.htm">Assyrian Threat</a></b><br>The Assyrian Empire was a dominant power during Micah's time, often used by God as an instrument of judgment against Israel and Judah for their sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br><a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14</a> highlights the futility and dissatisfaction that result from turning away from God. It serves as a reminder that true fulfillment comes from obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_security.htm">The Illusion of Security</a></b><br>The verse warns against placing trust in material wealth or achievements, as they can be easily lost. True security is found in a relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_hunger.htm">Spiritual Hunger</a></b><br>The persistent hunger mentioned in the verse can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual emptiness. Only God can truly satisfy the deepest longings of the human heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's justice is evident in the consequences described. It serves as a call to repentance and a return to righteous living.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'god_created_heavens_earth'.htm">How is Jesus both fully God and fully man?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_5_loaves,_2_fish_feed_thousands.htm">In Matthew 14:15-21, how can five loaves and two fish realistically feed thousands of people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jesus_say_he_brings_a_sword.htm">If Jesus is the Prince of Peace, why does He say, 'I have not come to bring peace, but a sword' (Matthew 10:34)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_bible_symbols_signify.htm">What do Bible symbols mean and represent?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Thy casting down.</span>--The Hebrew word is found only in this passage. It comes from an unused root, meaning to be void, empty. Hence it may be translated <span class= "ital">hunger.</span><p><span class= "bld">Thou shalt take hold.</span>--Thou shalt collect thy property for flight, to save it from the enemy; but in vain: it shall be captured.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt eat,</span> etc. The punishment answers to the sin (which proves that it comes from God), and recalls the threats of the Law (<a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a>, etc.; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29</a>, etc.; comp. <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10</a>; <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> thy humiliation, thy decay and downfall, shall occur in the very centre of thy wealth and strength, where thou hast laid up thy treasure and practised thy wickedness. But the meaning of the Hebrew is very uncertain, and the text may be corrupt. The LXX. had a different reading, <span class="greek">συσκοτάσει</span> <span class="greek">εν σοι</span>, "darkness shall be in thee." The Syriac and Chaldee interpret the word rendered "casting down" (<span class="hebrew">ישח</span>, which is found nowhere else) of some disease like dysentery. It is most suitable to understand this clause as connected with the preceding threat of hunger, and to take the unusual word in the sense of "emptiness." Thus, "Thy emptiness (of stomach) shall remain in thee." Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a>)speaks of the famine in the city at the time of its siege. <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt take hold;</span> rather, <span class="accented">thou shalt remove</span> (<span class="accented">thy goods</span>). This is the second chastisement. They should try to take their goods and families out of the reach of the enemy, but should not be able to save them. The LXX. interprets the verb of escaping by flight. <span class="cmt_word">That which thou deliverest.</span> If by chance anything is carried away, it shall fall into the hands of the enemy (comp. <a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4, 5</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Jeremiah 52:7, 8</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹאכַל֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be satisfied,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִשְׂבָּ֔ע</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiś·bā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your hunger</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yeš·ḥă·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3445.htm">Strong's 3445: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps emptiness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will remain with you.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qir·be·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">What you acquire,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתַסֵּג֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯas·sêḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5253.htm">Strong's 5253: </a> </span><span class="str2">Departing away, remove, take hold, turn away </span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">preserve;</span><br /><span class="heb">תַפְלִ֔יט</span> <span class="translit">(ṯap̄·lîṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6403.htm">Strong's 6403: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slip out, escape, to deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and what</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you save,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּפַלֵּ֖ט</span> <span class="translit">(tə·p̄al·lêṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6403.htm">Strong's 6403: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slip out, escape, to deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will give over</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתֵּֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(’et·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the sword.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַחֶ֥רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(la·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/6-14.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 6:14 You shall eat but not be satisfied (Mc Mic. 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