jps Micah:6:9-16
jps@Micah:6:9 @ Hark! the LORD crieth unto the city--and it is wisdom to have regard for Thy name--hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
jps@Micah:6:10 @ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
jps@Micah:6:11 @ 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'
jps@Micah:6:12 @ For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
jps@Micah:6:13 @ Therefore I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins.
jps@Micah:6:14 @ Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy sickness shall be in thine inward parts; and thou shalt conceive, but shalt not bring forth; and whomsoever thou bringest forth will I give up to the sword.
jps@Micah:6:15 @ Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink wine.
jps@Micah:6:16 @ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee an astonishment, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of My people.