Micah 6:6–13

What Does Yahweh Require?

⁶With what shall I approach Yahweh,

and bow down to God on high?

Shall I approach him with burnt offerings,

with bull calves a year old?^a

⁷Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,

with myriads of rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

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

⁸He has told you, O mortal, what is good,

and what does Yahweh ask from you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God?

The Destruction of the Wicked

⁹The voice of Yahweh calls to the city

(it is sound judgment to fear your name):

“Hear, O staff!^b Now who has appointed it?

¹⁰Is there any longer a man in the house of the wicked

treasures of wickedness,

and the ephah of scarcity which is accursed?^c

¹¹Shall I regard as pure the one with scales of wickedness,

and with a bag of deceitful weights?

¹²Because her rich are full of violence,

and her inhabitants speak lies,

and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹³And I also have made you sick by striking you down,^d

making you desolate because of your sins.