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Micah 6:15

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.

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ASV

Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.

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.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859 →
תִזְרַ֖עtiz.Ra'you will sowH2232 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תִקְצ֑וֹרtik.Tzoryou will reapH7114 →
אַתָּ֤ה'a.TahyouH859 →
תִדְרֹֽךְ־tid.rokh-you will treadH1869 →
זַ֙יִת֙za.yitolive[s]H2132 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תָס֣וּךְta.Sukhyou will anoint yourselfH5480 →
שֶׁ֔מֶןShe.menoilH8081 →
וְתִיר֖וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshand new wineH8492 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תִשְׁתֶּה־tish.teh-you will drinkH8354 →
יָּֽיִן׃Ya.yinwineH3196 →

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Zephaniah 1:13Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.Deuteronomy 28:40You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.Job 31:8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.John 4:37For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”Judges 6:4encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.Isaiah 62:8–9The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.Haggai 1:6You 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.”Deuteronomy 28:38–40You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.Leviticus 26:20and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.1 Samuel 23:1Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”Job 24:6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.Isaiah 65:21–22They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.Joel 1:10–12The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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