Micah 6:16

¹⁴ You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.

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.

You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
KJV: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
WEB: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. You will bear the reproach of my people.”
ASV: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
DARBY: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
BLB: And the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you⁺ walk by their counsels. Therefore I will give you to desolation, and your dwellers to hissing, and you⁺ will bear the scorn of the nations.”

ÅB: For Omris forskrifter blir holdt,
og alt det Akabs hus har gjort.
Dere følger planene deres.
Derfor gjør jeg deg til gru
og innbyggerne dine til spott.
Mitt folks vanære skal dere bære.
[^1]: 4 Mos 22–24; Jos 3,1; 4,19.
[^2]: Guds navn, det vil si Gud selv.
OTB: Omris lover
Og alle praksisene til Ahabs hus blir opprettholdt,
Og du følger deres råd.
Derfor vil jeg overgi deg til ruin,
Og dine innbyggere til hån,
Og du skal tåle mitt folks spott.”
B1930: For de akter nøie på Omris forskrifter og alt det som Akabs hus har gjort, og I følger deres vedtekter, så jeg må gjøre dig til en forferdelse og dine innbyggere til spott, og mitt folks vanære skal I bære.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 51:51
“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
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Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
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Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
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Psalms 44:13
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
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1 Kings 16:25–33
But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
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Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
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1 Kings 21:25–26
(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
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Ezekiel 8:17–18
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
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