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Micah 6:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The voice of the Lord calls out to the city (and it is wise to fear your name): ‘Pay attention to the rod and the one who ordained it.

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As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline.   So be zealous and repent.


She has not obeyed; she has not accepted discipline. She has not trusted  in the Lord; she has not drawn near to her God.


Let whoever is wise  understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognise them. For the ways of the  Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.


Look! The name of the  Lord is coming from far away, his anger burning and heavy with smoke. His lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a consuming fire.


Therefore, because of you, Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.


Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria – the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.


Therefore, I will send fire  against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.


Samaria  will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.


‘Micah the Moreshite  prophesied in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah  and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.”


I will make this temple like Shiloh.  I will make this city an example for cursing for all the nations of the earth.” ’


A sound of uproar from the city! A voice from the temple – the voice of the  Lord, paying back his enemies what they deserve!


For the fortified city will be desolate, pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.


Lord, your hand is lifted up to take action, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame. Let fire consume your adversaries.


The people did not turn to him who struck them; they did not seek the  Lord of Armies.


A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.


I will say to God, ‘Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me.


See how happy is the person whom God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.


During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David enquired  of the Lord. The Lord answered, ‘It is due to Saul and to his bloody family, because he killed the Gibeonites.’


How can it  rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.


Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the  Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.


Are there still  the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked?


He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me, and he has many more things like these in mind.


I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will punish you for your ways and for your detestable practices within you. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who strikes.





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