Micah 6- 1
- Listen to what the LORD says: "Stand up, plead your case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say.
- 2
- Hear, O mountains, the LORD's accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against Israel.
- 3
- "My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me.
- 4
- I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.
- 5
- My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember [your journey] from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD."
- 6
- With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
- 7
- Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- 8
- He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
- 9
- Listen! The LORD is calling to the city-- and to fear your name is wisdom-- "Heed the rod and the One who appointed it. [1]
- 10
- Am I still to forget, O wicked house, your ill-gotten treasures and the short ephah, [2] which is accursed?
- 11
- Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
- 12
- Her rich men are violent; her people are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
- 13
- Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.
- 14
- You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty. [3] You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword.
- 15
- 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.
- 16
- 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. [4] "
- [9] The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
- [10] An ephah was a dry measure.
- [14] The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- [16] Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people