Micah 6:6–13

What Does the Lord Require?

^6b“With what shall I come before the Lord,

and bow myself before ^cGod on high?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

with calves a year old?

^7dWill the Lord be pleased with¹ thousands of rams,

with ten thousands of rivers of oil?

^eShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

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

⁸He has told you, O man, what is good;

and ^fwhat does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,²

and to ^gwalk humbly with your God?

Destruction of the Wicked

⁹The voice of the Lord cries to the city—

and it is sound wisdom to fear ^hyour name:

“Hear of ⁱthe rod and of him who appointed it!³

¹⁰Can I forget any longer the treasures⁴ of wickedness in the house of the wicked,

and the scant measure that is accursed?

¹¹Shall I acquit the man ^jwith wicked scales

and with a bag of deceitful weights?

¹²Your⁵ rich men are ^kfull of violence;

your inhabitants ^lspeak lies,

and ^mtheir tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹³Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,

ⁿmaking you desolate because of your sins.