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12 Your[a] rich men are (A)full of violence;
    your inhabitants (B)speak lies,
    and (C)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
    (D)making you desolate because of your sins.
14 (E)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.

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  1. Micah 6:12 Hebrew whose

12 Your rich people are violent;(A)
    your inhabitants are liars(B)
    and their tongues speak deceitfully.(C)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(D) you,
    to ruin[a] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(E)
    your stomach will still be empty.[b]
You will store up but save nothing,(F)
    because what you save[c] I will give to the sword.

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  1. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin
  2. Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Micah 6:14 Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth