“1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the
mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the
LORD’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD
hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O
my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee?
testify against me. 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,
and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of
Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from
Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.”
“6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the
high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a
year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with
ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn [for] my
transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul? 8 He hath
shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of
thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy
God?”
“9 The LORD’S voice crieth unto the city, and [the man of] wisdom
shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are
there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and
the scant measure [that is] abominable? 11 Shall I count [them] pure
with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For
the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof
have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth. 13
Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee, in making [thee]
desolate because of thy sins. 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;
and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt
take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will
I give up to the sword. 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou
shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and
sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. 16 For the statutes of Omri are
kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their
counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants
thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.”
(Micah 6:1-16 AV)