Micah 6:15

"You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword."

Key Reflection

I'm here with you, and I want to make sure you're okay. If you're having thoughts of hurting yourself, please reach out to someone who can help right now a trusted friend, pastor, or the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988). You are not alone, and your life matters to God and to the people around you. This verse suggests a spiritual emptiness despite outward prosperity. It implies that hoarding wealth or resources brings no true satisfaction, and even what is saved will ultimately be destroyed by divine judgment.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap -Micah renews the threatenings of the lawLeviticus 26:16;Deuteronomy 28:30,Deuteronomy 28:38-41, which they had been habitually breaking. Those prophecies had been fulfilled before, throughout their history; they have been fulfilled lately in Israel for the like oppression of the poorAmos 5:11. Their frequent fulfillment spoke as much of a law of God’s righteousness, punishing sin, as the yearly supply in the ordinary course of nature spoke of His loving Providence.

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