Micah:6
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Hear ye now what the LORD saith ;
Arise ,
contend thou before the mountains ,
and let the hills hear thy voice .
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Hear ye ,
O mountains ,
the LORD '
S controversy ,
and ye strong foundations of the earth :
for the LORD hath a controversy with his people ,
and he will plead with Israel .
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O my people ,
what have I done unto thee ?
and wherein have I wearied thee ?
testify against me .
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For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt ,
and redeemed thee out of the house of servants ;
and I sent before thee Moses ,
Aaron ,
and Miriam .
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O my people ,
remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted ,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal ;
that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD .
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Wherewith shall I come before the LORD ,
and bow myself before the high God ?
shall I come before him with burnt offerings ,
with calves of a year old ?
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Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams ,
or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ?
shall I give my firstborn for my transgression ,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ?
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He hath shewed thee ,
O man ,
what is good ;
and what doth the LORD require of thee ,
but to do justly ,
and to love mercy ,
and to walk humbly with thy God ?
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The LORD '
S voice crieth unto the city ,
and the man of wisdom shall see thy name :
hear ye the rod ,
and who hath appointed it .
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Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked ,
and the scant measure that is abominable ?
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Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances ,
and with the bag of deceitful weights ?
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For the rich men thereof are full of violence ,
and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies ,
and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth .
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Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee ,
in making thee desolate because of thy sins .
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Thou shalt eat ,
but not be satisfied ;
and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee ;
and thou shalt take hold ,
but shalt not deliver ;
and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword .
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Thou shalt sow ,
but thou shalt not reap ;
thou shalt tread the olives ,
but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil ;
and sweet wine ,
but shalt not drink wine .
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For the statutes of Omri are kept ,
and all the works of the house of Ahab ,
and ye walk in their counsels ;
that I should make thee a desolation ,
and the inhabitants thereof an hissing :
therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people .