Micah 6

6^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.

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

And the ^†hscant measure that is ⁱabominable?

^11||Shall 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 ^can hissing:

Therefore ye shall bear ^dthe reproach of my people.