Micah 6

1 Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.ASV — Micah 6:1

2 Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah`s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.ASV — Micah 6:2

3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.ASV — Micah 6:3

4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.ASV — Micah 6:4

5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.ASV — Micah 6:5

6 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?ASV — Micah 6:6

7 will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?ASV — Micah 6:7

8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?ASV — Micah 6:8

9 The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.ASV — Micah 6:9

10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?ASV — Micah 6:10

11 Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?ASV — Micah 6:11

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.ASV — Micah 6:12

13 Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.ASV — Micah 6:13

14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.ASV — Micah 6:14

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 the wine.ASV — Micah 6:15

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 a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.ASV — Micah 6:16