Micah:6

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* Listen to what Jehovah said : Arise , plead your case before the mountains . Let the hills hear your voice . * Hear Jehovah ’s indictment you mountains and you enduring foundations of the earth ! Jehovah argues a case against his people . He will contend with Israel : * »O my people , what have I done to you ? How have I grieved you ? Respond to me . * »I brought you out of the land of Egypt . I redeemed you out of the house of bondage . I sent before you Moses , Aaron , and Miriam . * »O my people , remember now what Balak king of Moab devised , and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him . Remember from Shittim to Gilgal , that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah .« * With what shall I come before Jehovah ? Shall I bow down before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings , with year old calves ? * Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams , or with ten thousand rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression , the fruit of my body for my sin ? * He told you , O lowly man , what is good and what Jehovah requires of you . You should display justice , love kindness , and walk humbly with your God ! * The voice of Jehovah calls to the city . The man of wisdom will see your name ! Hear the rod and who appointed it . * Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked , and a short measure that is cursed ? * Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights ? * The rich men are full of violence ! Her inhabitants speak lies . Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth . * »I also struck you with a grievous wound . I made you desolate because of your sins . * »You will eat and not be satisfied . Your stomach will still be empty . You will put away and yet will not save . That which you save I will give to the sword . * »You will sow and not reap . You will tread the olives , but will not be anointed with oil ! And you will grow the grapes but you will not drink the wine . * »The statutes of Omri and the works of the house of Ahab are observed . You walk in their counsels . I will make you desolation ! The inhabitants will be hissed . You will bear the reproach of my people .«

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