12 For the rich men thereof [a]are full of cruelty, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, and in making thee desolate, because of thy sins.

14 Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied, and [b]thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee, and thou [c]shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver, and that which thou deliverest, will I give up to the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:12 That is, of Jerusalem.
  2. Micah 6:14 Thou shalt be consumed with inward grief and evils.
  3. Micah 6:14 Meaning, that the city should go about to save her men, as they that lay hold on that which they would preserve.

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