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15 You will sow, but you will not reap.
    You will press olives, but you will not anoint yourself with oil.
    You will trample grapes for juice, but you will not drink the wine.
16 You have observed the statutes of Omri,[a]
    and all the practices of the house of Ahab.
    You have walked in their way of life,
    so I will make you a hideous sight.
    Your inhabitants will be subjected to contempt.[b]
    You will bear the shame of my people.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:16 Omri and his son Ahab were the kings who made Baal worship the state religion of Israel.
  2. Micah 6:16 Literally hissing
  3. Micah 6:16 The translation follows the Hebrew reading. The Greek text reads the peoples.