Micah 6:15
You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.This verse in the real world
In what words
- סוּךְçûwkproperly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint
- זַיִתzayithan olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
- תִּירוֹשׁtîyrôwshmust or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
- קָצַרqâtsarto dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially
- זָרַעzâraʻto sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
- דָּרַךְdârakto tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
- שֶׁמֶןshemengrease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
- שָׁתָהshâthâhto imbibe (literally or figuratively)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Zep 1:13, Amo 5:11, Jer 12:13, Hag 1:6, Isa 62:8–9, Lev 26:20, Deu 28:38–40, Isa 65:21–22