Mic 6
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Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the
hills hear your voice.
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Hear you, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you valleys even the foundations
of the earth: for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and will plead with
Israel.
3
O my people, what have I done to you? or wherein have I grieved you? or wherein have
I troubled you? answer me.
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For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of
bondage, and sent before you Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam.
5
O my people, remember now, what counsel Balac king of Moab took against you, and what
Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Galgal; that the righteousness
of the Lord might be known.
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Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, and lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach
him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old?
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Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give
my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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Has it not been told you, O man, what is good? or what does the Lord require of you,
but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord your God?
9
The Lord’s voice shall be proclaimed in the city, and he shall save those that fear
his name: hear, Heb. Jbv ambiguous O tribe; and who shall order the city?
10
Is there not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and that
with the pride of unrighteousness?
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Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,
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whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in Gr. it the city have uttered falsehoods, and their
tongue has been exalted in their mouth?
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Therefore will I begin to smite you; I will destroy you in your sins.
14
You shall eat, and shall not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness upon you; and
he shall depart from you, and you shall not escape; and all that shall escape shall
be delivered over to the sword.
15
You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall press the olive, but you shall not
anoint yourself with oil; and shall make wine, but you shall drink no wine: and the
ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.
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For you have kept the statues of Zambri, and done all the works of the house of Achaab;
and you have walked in their ways, that I might deliver you to utter destruction,
and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and you shall bear the reproach of nations.