Micah
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1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise,
contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy
voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’S controversy,
and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a
controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O
my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied
thee? testify against me. 4 For I brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants;
and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my
people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what
Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that
ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. 6 Wherewith
shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the
high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with
calves of a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with
thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit
of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath
shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God? 9 The LORD’S voice crieth unto the
city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the
rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the
treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant
measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them
pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful
weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of
violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their
tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13 Therefore
also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee
desolate because of thy sins. 14 Thou shalt eat, but not
be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of
thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that
which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. 15 Thou
shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives,
but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt
not drink wine. 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept,
and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their
counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the
inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the
reproach of my people.
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