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12 The rich people among you harm others.
    You are always telling lies.
    You try to fool others by what you say.
13 So I have begun to strike you down.
    I have begun to destroy you
    because you have sinned so much.
14 You will eat. But you will not be satisfied.
    Your stomachs will still be empty.
You will try to save what you can.
    But you will not be able to.
If you do save something,
    it will be destroyed in battle.

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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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Footnotes

  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