Micah
Chapter 6
1
Hear you all now what Jehovah/God says,
"Arise,
contend you before the mountains,
and
let the hills hear your voice. 2
Hear
you, O mountains, Jehovah/God's controversy,
and
you all strong foundations of the earth . . .
for
Jehovah/God has a controversy with His people,
and
He will plead with Israel. 3
O
My people,
what
have I done unto you?
And wherein have I wearied you?
Testify against Me. 4
For
I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
and
redeemed you out of the house of servants
and
I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5
{Moses and his brother and sister}
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
you all may know the righteousness of Jehovah/God. 6
Why
shall I come before Jehovah/God,
and
bow myself before the High 'Elohiym/Godhead?
Shall
I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with
calves of a year old? 7
Will
'Elohiym/Godhead 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 has showed you, O man, what is good.
And
what does 'Elohiym/Godhead require of you,
but
to do justly,
and
to love mercy,
and
to Walk humbly with your 'Elohiym/Godhead?"
9
Jehovah/God 's voice cried unto the city,
and
the man of wisdom shall see Your name.
Hear
you all the rod,
and
who has 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 you sick in smiting you,
in
making you desolate because of your sins. 14
You shall eat, but not be satisfied.
And
your casting down shall be in the middle of you
and
you shall take hold, but shall not deliver;
and
that which you delivered, I will give up to the sword. 15
You shall sow, but you shall not reap.
You shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint you with oil.
And sweet wine . . . but shall not drink wine. 16
For
the statutes of Omri are kept,
and
all the works of the house of Ahab,
and
you all walk in their counsels . . .
that
I should make you a desolation,
and
the inhabitants thereof an hissing.
Therefore you all shall bear the reproach of My people."
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