Micah 6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Micah 6

¹ Now listen to what the Lord is saying: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your complaint.

² Listen to the  Lord’s lawsuit, you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth, because the Lord has a case against his people, and he will argue it against Israel.

³ My people,  what have I done to you, or how have I wearied you? Testify against me!

⁴ Indeed, I brought you up  from the land of Egypt and redeemed you  from that place of slavery. I sent Moses,  Aaron, and Miriam  ahead of you.

⁵ My people, remember what King Balak of Moab   proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove  , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.

⁶ What should I bring before the  Lord when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

⁷ Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin?

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ Are there still  the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked?

¹¹ Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights?

¹² For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.

¹³ ‘As a result, I have begun to strike you severely,  , bringing desolation because of your sins.

¹⁴ You will eat but not be satisfied, for there will be hunger within you. What you acquire, you cannot save, and what you do save, I will give to the sword.

¹⁵ You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourself with oil; and you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

¹⁶ The statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house have been observed; you have followed their policies. Therefore, I will make you a desolate place and the city’s  residents an object of contempt;  , you will bear the scorn of my people.’  ,