Eat But Not Satisfied

Micah 6:11-16 - Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights? Her rich men are violent; her people are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully. Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins. You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty. You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword. You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil on yourselves, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine. You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab's house, and you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations."

Hosea 4:10-12 - "They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not increase, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselves to prostitution, to old wine and new, which take away the understanding of my people. They consult a wooden idol and are answered by a stick of wood. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.

Zephaniah 1:13 - Their wealth will be plundered, their houses demolished. They will build houses but not live in them; they will plant vineyards but not drink the wine.

1 Kings 16:30 - Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him.

Jeremiah 25:9 - I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon," declares the LORD, "and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.

Conclusions:

• Instead of giving themselves to the Lord, the priests in Hosea gave themselves over to prostitution
• The assets of those who have become wealthy through dishonesty will be exposed and plundered
• Doing evil in the sight of the Lord results in ruin and derision
• Evil in the sight of the Lord includes cheating, lying, deceit

All Scripture verses taken from NIV

Conclusions derived from NIV Study Bible