Micah 6
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- 1Listen to what the LORD says: "Stand up and make your case before the mountains. Let the hills hear your voice."
- 2Hear, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and you strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
- 3"My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
- 4I brought you up out of Egypt and freed you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.
- 5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab planned, and how Balaam son of Beor answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, so you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
- 6What should I bring when I come before the LORD? How should I bow before God on high? Should I come with burnt offerings — with year-old calves?
- 7Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Should I sacrifice my firstborn child for my rebellion — the fruit of my own body for the sin of my soul?
- 8He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God?
- 9The LORD's voice calls out to the city, and the man of wisdom will see your name: Pay attention to the rod and the one who appointed it.
- 10Are there still ill-gotten treasures in the houses of the wicked? Are there still dishonest measures — those short ephahs that I despise?
- 11Can I overlook dishonest scales and bags full of rigged weights?
- 12For the rich men there are full of violence, and the inhabitants there have spoken lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- 13Therefore, I will make you sick by striking you and making you desolate because of your sins.
- 14You will eat, but not be satisfied; your downfall will be among you. You will hold on to things, but not save them; and what you do save, I will give to the sword.
- 15You will plant crops but never harvest them. You will press olives but never use the oil. You will crush grapes but never drink the wine.
- 16You have followed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore, I will make you a desolation, and the inhabitants a hissing. You shall bear the reproach of my people.