Micah 6

1 Hear ye ^anow what the LORD saith; Arise, contend^b thou before¹ the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

2 Hear ye, O mountains,² the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for^c the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

3 O^d my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

4 For ^eI 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.

5 O my people, remember now ^gwhat Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal;³ that ye may know the ^hrighteousness of the LORD.

6 ¶ Wherewithⁱ shall I come⁴ before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him ^jwith burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?⁵

7 Will^k the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall^l I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body⁶ for the sin of my soul?

8 He hath ⁿshowed 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 humbly⁷ with thy God?

9 The LORD's ^ovoice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom ^pshall see thy name:⁸ hear ye ^qthe rod, and who hath appointed it.

10 ¶ Are⁹ there yet ^rthe treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure¹ that is abominable?

11 Shall² I count them pure with ^sthe wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

12 For^t the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13 Therefore also ^uwill I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee ^vdesolate because of thy sins.

14 Thou^x shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down³ shall be in the midst of thee; and ^ythou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

15 Thou shalt ^zsow, 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.

16 ¶ For ⁴the ^astatutes of Omri⁵ are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I ^bshould make thee a desolation,⁶ and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ^cye shall bear the reproach of my people.⁷