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Micah 6:9

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Listen! The Lord is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.

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During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.

He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.

“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.

Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Lord, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.

The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

See, the Name of the Lord comes from afar, with burning anger and dense clouds of smoke; his lips are full of wrath, and his tongue is a consuming fire.

Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord repaying his enemies all they deserve.

But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord Almighty.

“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: “ ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.’

then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse among all the nations of the earth.’ ”

But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”

I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will repay you for your conduct and for the detestable practices among you. “ ‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.

The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.”

Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”

Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!

Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.

Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed?

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.




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