"But let justicerolldownlike watersAnd righteousnesslike an ever-flowingstream.
To dorighteousnessand justiceIs desiredby the LORDmorethansacrifice.
"Ifonlyyou had paidattentionto My commandments!Then your well-beingwould have beenlike a river,And your righteousnesslike the wavesof the sea.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Dojusticeand righteousness,and deliverthe one who has been robbedfrom the powerof [his] oppressor.Also do not mistreat[or] doviolenceto the stranger,the orphan,or the widow;and do not shedinnocentbloodin thisplace.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Enough,you princesof Israel;putawayviolenceand destruction,and practicejusticeand righteousness.Stopyour expropriationsfrom My people,"declaresthe LordGOD.
For I delightin loyaltyratherthansacrifice,And in the knowledgeof Godratherthanburntofferings.
"Takeawayfrom Me the noiseof your songs;I will not even listento the soundof your harps.
[For] those who turnjusticeinto wormwoodAnd castrighteousnessdownto the earth."
He has toldyou, O man,whatis good;And whatdoes the LORDrequireof you But to dojustice,to lovekindness,And to walkhumblywith your God?
