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God’s Indictment of His People
Hear now what the Loʀᴅ is saying,
Arise, plead your case 1before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the Loʀᴅ,
And you enduring Afoundations of the earth,
Because the BLoʀᴅ has a case against His people;
Even with Israel He will dispute.
AMy people, Bwhat have I done to you,
And Chow have I wearied you? Answer Me.
Indeed, I Abrought you up from the land of Egypt
And Bransomed you from the house of slavery,
And I sent before you CMoses, Aaron and DMiriam.
“My people, remember now
What ABalak king of Moab counseled
And what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
And from BShittim to CGilgal,
So 1that you might know the Drighteous acts of the Loʀᴅ.”
 
What God Requires of Man
AWith what shall I come to the Loʀᴅ
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with Bburnt offerings,
With yearling calves?
Does the Loʀᴅ take delight in Athousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my Bfirstborn for my rebellious acts,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has Atold you, O man, what is good;
And Bwhat does the Loʀᴅ require of you
But to Cdo justice, to Dlove 1kindness,
And to walk 2Ehumbly with your God?
 
The voice of the Loʀᴅ will call to the city
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed 1its time?
10 “Is there yet a man in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of Awickedness
And a 1Bshort measure that is cursed?
11 “Can I justify wicked Ascales
And a bag of deceptive weights?
12 “For the rich men of the 1city are full of Aviolence,
Her residents speak Blies,
And their Ctongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 “So also I will make you Asick, striking you down,
BDesolating you because of your sins.
14 “You will eat, but you will Anot be satisfied,
And your 1vileness will be in your midst.
You will try to remove for safekeeping,
But you will Bnot preserve anything,
And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.
15 “You will sow but you will Anot reap.
You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And the grapes, but you will Bnot drink wine.
16 “The statutes of AOmri
And all the works of the house of BAhab are observed;
And in their devices you Cwalk.
Therefore I will give you up for Ddestruction
And 1your inhabitants for Ederision,
And you will bear the Freproach of My people.”
1 6:1 Lit with A 6:2 2 Sam 22:16; Ps 104:5 B 6:2 Is 1:18; Hos 4:1; 12:2 A 6:3 Ps 50:7 B 6:3 Jer 2:5 C 6:3 Is 43:22, 23 A 6:4 Ex 12:51; 20:2 B 6:4 Deut 7:8 C 6:4 Ex 4:10-16; Ps 77:20 D 6:4 Ex 15:20 A 6:5 Num 22:5, 6 B 6:5 Num 25:1; Josh 2:1; 3:1 C 6:5 Josh 4:19; 5:9, 10 1 6:5 Lit to know D 6:5 1 Sam 12:7; Is 1:27 A 6:6 Ps 40:6-8 B 6:6 Ps 51:16, 17 A 6:7 Ps 50:9; Is 1:1; 40:16 B 6:7 Lev 18:21; 20:1-5; 2 Kin 16:3; Jer 7:31 A 6:8 Deut 30:15 B 6:8 Deut 10:12 C 6:8 Is 56:1; Jer 22:3 D 6:8 Hos 6:6 1 6:8 Or loyalty 2 6:8 Or circumspectly E 6:8 Is 57:15; 66:2 1 6:9 Lit it A 6:10 Jer 5:26, 27; Amos 3:10 1 6:10 Lit shrunken ephah B 6:10 Ezek 45:9, 10; Amos 8:5 A 6:11 Lev 19:36; Hos 12:7 1 6:12 Lit her A 6:12 Is 1:23; 5:7; Amos 6:3, 4; Mic 2:1, 2 B 6:12 Jer 9:2-6, 8; Hos 7:13; Amos 2:4 C 6:12 Is 3:8 A 6:13 Mic 1:9 B 6:13 Is 1:7; 6:11 A 6:14 Is 9:20 1 6:14 Or possibly garbage or excreta B 6:14 Is 30:6 A 6:15 Deut 28:38-40; Jer 12:13 B 6:15 Amos 5:11; Zeph 1:13 A 6:16 1 Kin 16:25, 26 B 6:16 1 Kin 16:29-33 C 6:16 Jer 7:24 D 6:16 Jer 18:16; Mic 6:13 1 6:16 Lit her E 6:16 Jer 19:8; 25:9, 18; 29:18 F 6:16 Ps 44:13; Jer 51:51; Hos 12:14