Micah
Chapter Six
1 ¶ Hear now what
the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the
hills hear your voice.
2 Hear, O you mountains, the LORD'S complaint, And you strong foundations of
the earth; For the LORD has a complaint against His people, And He will contend
with Israel.
3 "O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify
against Me.
4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house
of bondage; And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled, And what Balaam
the son of Beor answered him, From Acacia Grove to Gilgal, That you may know
the righteousness of the LORD."
6 ¶ With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before the High
God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the
sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
9 ¶ The LORD'S voice cries to the city-Wisdom shall see Your name: "Hear
the Rod! Who has appointed it?
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness In the house of the wicked, And
the short measure that is an abomination?
11 Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful
weights?
12 For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 "Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you, By making you
desolate because of your sins.
14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied; Hunger shall be in your midst. You may
carry some away, but shall not save them; And what you do rescue I will give
over to the sword.
15 "You shall sow, but not reap; You shall tread the olives, but not anoint
yourselves with oil; And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept; All the works of Ahab's house are done;
And you walk in their counsels, That I may make you a desolation, And your inhabitants
a hissing. Therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people."
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