Micah 6
1 Please hear what the LORD says: “Rise, present your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.”
2 Hear the LORD’s case, you mountains, and you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against his people; he will contend with Israel.
3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam ahead of you.
5 My people, please remember what Balak king of Moab plotted, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him. Remember the journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the LORD’s righteous acts.
6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my life?
8 He has shown you, human being, what is good and what the LORD requires of you: to do justice, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.
9 The voice of the LORD cries out to the city—and the wise revere your name. Hear the rod and the one who appointed it!
10 Are there still in the house of the wicked treasures gained by wickedness, and a reduced measure that is detestable?
11 Can I consider someone pure who uses dishonest scales and a bag of deceptive weights?
12 Her rich people are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
13 So I too have begun to strike you, to lay you waste because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied; your hunger will remain within you. You will store up but save nothing, and whatever you save I will hand over to the sword.
15 You will sow but not reap; you will tread the olive but not anoint yourself with oil; you will press the grapes but not drink the wine.
16 The decrees of Omri are kept, as are all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. So I will make you a desolation, and her inhabitants an object of scorn; you will bear the disgrace of my people.
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