Micah 6:15
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.
Context
This verse from Micah Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. God's covenant lawsuit: what has God done to weary you? Remember the Exodus and Balak and Balaam and the crossing of the Jordan. What does the Lord require? To do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with …
Other Translations
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.
Thou--thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou--thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine--and thou drinkest not wine.
You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.
Cross References
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees …
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume …
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine …
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more …
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together …
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a …
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they …
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil …
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple …