Micah 6–7

^aHear ye now what the Lord saith;

Arise, contend thou before the mountains,

And let the hills hear thy voice.

^2abHear ye, O mountains, ^cthe Lord’s controversy,

And ye strong foundations of the earth:

For ^cthe Lord hath a controversy with his people,

And he will plead with Israel.

³O my people, ^dwhat have I done unto thee?

And ^ewherein have I wearied thee?

Testify against me.

⁴For ^fI brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,

And ^ghredeemed thee ^fhout of the house of servants;

And I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and ⁱMiriam.

⁵O my people, remember now ^kwhat Balak king of Moab consulted,

And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him;

From ^lShittim unto ^mGilgal;

That ye may know ⁿthe righteousness of the Lord.

^6oWherewith shall I ^pcome before the Lord,

And ^qbow myself before the ^rhigh God?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

With calves of a year old?

^7sWill the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

Or with ten thousands of ^trivers of oil?

^uShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

^8sHe hath shewed thee, ^vO man, what is good;

And ^wwhat doth the Lord require of thee,

But ^xto do ^yjustly, and to love ^ymercy,

And to walk humbly ^awith thy God?

⁹The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city,

And the man of ^bwisdom shall see ^cthy name:

Hear ye ^dthe rod, and who ^ehath appointed it.

¹⁰Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,

And the ^hscant measure that is ⁱabominable?

¹¹Shall I count them pure with the wicked ^kbalances,

And with ^lthe bag of ^kdeceitful weights?

¹²For the rich men thereof ^mare full of violence,

And the inhabitants thereof ⁿhave spoken lies,

And ^otheir tongue is ^pdeceitful in their mouth.

¹³Therefore also will I ^qmake thee sick in smiting thee,

In making thee desolate because of thy sins.

^14rThou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;

And thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee;

And thou shalt ^stake hold, ^tbut shalt not deliver;

And ^tthat which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

^15uThou shalt ^vsow, but thou shalt not reap;

^uThou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not ^wanoint thee with oil;

^uxAnd ^ysweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

¹⁶For the statutes of ^zOmri are kept,

And all the works of the house of ^aAhab,

And ye walk in their counsels;

That I should make thee ^ba desolation,

And the inhabitants thereof ^ca hissing:

Therefore ye shall bear ^dthe reproach of my people.

VII.^aWoe is me! for I am as when they have gathered ^cthe summer fruits,

As ^dthe grapegleanings of the vintage:

There is no ^ecluster to eat:

My soul desired ^fthe firstripe fruit.

^2gThe ^hgood man is perished out of the earth:

And ⁱthere is none upright among men:

They all ^jlie in wait for blood;

^kThey hunt ^levery man his brother ^mwith a net.

³That they may do evil with both hands earnestly,

ⁿThe prince asketh, and ^nothe judge asketh for a reward;

And the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:

So they ^qwrap it up.

⁴The best of them is as ^ra brier:

The most upright is sharper than ^rsa thorn hedge:

The day of thy ^twatchmen and ^uthy visitation cometh;

Now shall be their ^vperplexity.

^5wTrust ye not in a friend,

Put ye not confidence in a ^xguide:

Keep ^ythe doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

⁶For ^zabthe son ^cdishonoureth the father,

^zThe daughter riseth up against her mother,

^zThe daughter in law against her mother in law;

^bdA man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

⁷Therefore I will ^elook unto the Lord;

I will ^fwait for the God of my salvation:

^gMy God will hear me.

^8hiRejoice not against me, O mine ^renemy:

^hkWhen I fall, I shall arise;

^lWhen I sit in darkness, ^mthe Lord shall be a light unto me.

⁹ⁿI will bear the indignation of the Lord, ^obecause I have sinned against him,

Until he ^pplead my cause, and execute judgment for me:

^qHe will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

¹⁰Then ^rshe that is mine enemy shall see it, and ^sshame shall cover her

Which said unto me, ^tWhere is the Lord thy God?

^uMine eyes shall behold her:

Now shall she be trodden down ^vas the mire of the streets.

^11wIn the day that ^xthy ^ywalls are to be built,

In that day shall ^zthe decree be far removed.

^12wIn that day also he shall come even to thee

^aFrom Assyria, and ^afrom ^bthe fortified cities,

And from ^bthe fortress even to ^cthe river,

And from ^dsea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

¹³Notwithstanding the land ^eshall be desolate because of them that dwell therein,

^fFor ^gthe fruit of their doings.

¹⁴Feed thy people with thy rod, ^hthe flock of thine heritage,

ⁱWhich dwell solitarily in ^kthe wood, in the midst of ^lmCarmel:

Let them feed in ^lnBashan and ^loGilead, as in ^oothe days of old.

^15pAccording to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt

^pWill I shew unto him marvellous things.

¹⁶The nations ^qshall see and be confounded at all their might:

They shall ^rlay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

^17sThey shall lick the dust ^tlike a serpent,

They shall move out of ^utheir holes like ^vworms of the earth:

^wThey shall be afraid of the Lord our God,

And shall fear because of thee.

^18xWho is a God like unto thee, ^ythat pardoneth iniquity,

And ^zapasseth by the transgression of ^abthe remnant of his heritage?

^cHe retaineth not his anger for ever,

Because ^dhe delighteth in mercy.

^19eHe will turn again, ^fhe will have compassion upon us;

^gHe will subdue our iniquities;

And ^hithou wilt cast all their sins ⁱinto the depths of the sea.

^20kThou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and ^kthe mercy to Abraham,

^klWhich thou hast sworn unto our fathers from ^mthe days of old.