Micah:6

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* Do but hear now what the Lord saith , Arise , contend thou before the mountains , and let the hills hear thy voice . * Hear ye , O mountains , the controversy of the Lord , and ye strong foundations of the earth ! for the Lord hath a controversy with his people , and with Israel will he plead . * O my people , what have I done unto thee ? and wherewith have I wearied thee ? testify against me . * Although I had brought thee up out of the land of Egypt , and redeemed thee out of the house of bond –men ; and I sent before thee Moses , Aaron , and Miriam . * O my people , do but remember what Balak the king of Moab resolved , and what Bil ’am the son of Be ’or answered him , from Shittim unto Gilgal , in order that ye may know the gracious benefits of the Lord . * Wherewith shall I come before the Lord , bow myself before the God on high ? shall I come before him with burnt –offerings , with calves of a year old ! * Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams , or with myriads of streams of oil ? shall I give my first –born for my transgression , the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ? * He hath told thee , O man , what is good ; and what the Lord doth require of thee : but to do justice , and to love kindness , and to walk humbly with thy God . * The voice of the Lord calleth unto the city ,––and wisdom shall see thy name :––hear ye the rod , and who hath ordained it . * Are there yet in the house of the wicked man the treasures of wickedness , and the scant accursed measure ? * Can I be pure with wicked balances , and with a bag of deceptive weights ? * For her rich men are full of violence , and her inhabitants have spoken falsehood , and their tongue is deceit in their mouth . * Therefore have I also smitten thee with sore wounds , making desolate because of thy sins . * Thou wilt indeed eat , but not be satisfied ; and what thou hast eaten shall bend thee down ; and thou wilt overtake , but thou shalt not deliver ; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword . * Thou wilt indeed sow , but thou shalt not reap ; thou wilt indeed tread out olives , but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil ; and the juice of the grapes , but thou shalt not drink wine . * For there are observed the statutes of ‘Omri , and all the works of the house of Achab , and ye walk in their counsels : in order that I should give thee up unto desolation , and thy inhabitants to derision ; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people .

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