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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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

You shall sow, but you shall not reap. Micah renews the threats of the law (Leviticus 26:16;[Reference Deuteronomy 28:3…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

You shall tread the olives — that is, as wheat upon the threshing-floor. Oil was regarded as indispensable for personal c…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

God can let people have every form of outward prosperity, and yet make nothing of it. I fear that some, perhaps some present, have every outward re…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet adds another kind of punishment, which was to follow the calamity threatened in the last verse. He had said that those who escaped woul…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You shall sow, but you shall not reap. Either that which is sown shall not spring up, but rot in the earth; or if it does…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God, having shown how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord …

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