Micah 5:6–6:8

6 They shall 3waste with the sword the land of Assyria,

And the land of mNimrod at its entrances;

Thus He shall ndeliver us from the Assyrian,

When he comes into our land

And when he treads within our borders.

7 Then othe remnant of Jacob

Shall be in the midst of many peoples,

pLike dew from the Lord,

Like showers on the grass,

That 4tarry for no man

Nor 5wait for the sons of men.

8 And the remnant of Jacob

Shall be among the Gentiles,

In the midst of many peoples,

Like a qlion among the beasts of the forest,

Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,

Who, if he passes through,

Both treads down and tears in pieces,

And none can deliver.

9 Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,

And all your enemies shall be 6cut off.

10 “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,

“That I will rcut 7off your shorses from your midst

And destroy your tchariots.

11 I will cut off the cities of your land

And throw down all your strongholds.

12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,

And you shall have no usoothsayers.

13 vYour carved images I will also cut off,

And your sacred pillars from your midst;

You shall wno more worship the work of your hands;

14 I will pluck your 8wooden images from your midst;

Thus I will destroy your cities.

15 And I will xexecute vengeance in anger and fury

On the nations that have not 9heard.”

God Pleads with Israel

6 Hear now what the Lord says:

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,

And let the hills hear your voice.

2 aHear, O you mountains, bthe Lord’s complaint,

And you strong foundations of the earth;

For cthe Lord has a complaint against His people,

And He will 1contend with Israel.

3 “O My people, what dhave I done to you?

And how have I ewearied you?

Testify against Me.

4 fFor I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

I redeemed you from the house of bondage;

And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

5 O My people, remember now

What gBalak king of Moab counseled,

And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,

From 2Acacia Grove to Gilgal,

That you may know hthe righteousness of the Lord.”

6 With what shall I come before the Lord,

And bow myself before the High God?

Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,

With calves a year old?

7 iWill the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

Ten thousand jrivers of oil?

kShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

3The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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

And what does the Lord require of you

But mto do justly,

To love 4mercy,

And to walk humbly with your God?