Micah 5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.

² 0 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will take away thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots.

³ 1 And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds,

⁴ 2 And I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee.

⁵ 3 And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

⁶ 4 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: and will crush thy cities.

⁷ 5 And I will execute vengeance in wrath and in indignation among all the nations that have not given ear.

⁸ Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

⁹ Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel.

¹⁰ O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested thee? answer thou me.

¹¹ For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and delivered thee out of the house of slaves: and I sent before thy face Moses, and Aaron, and Mary.

¹² O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach the king of Moab purposed: and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Setim to Galgal, that thou mightest know the justices of the Lord.

¹³ What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year old?

¹⁴ May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

¹⁵ I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God.