Micah 6

“My people, what have I done to you, and how have I wearied you? Testify against me! 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and from the house of slaves I redeemed you, and I sent to your face Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 My people, please remember what Balak, king of Moab, counseled, and what Balaam, son of Beor, answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, in order to know the righteousnesses of God.” \* 6 With what shall I come before God, bow down to the God of the height? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves, sons of a year? 7 Will God be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn {for} my transgression, the fruit of my belly {for} the sin of my soul? 8 He has told you, man, what {is} good, and what God is seeking from you: only to do justice, and the love of covenant faithfulness, and to be humble to walk with your God. \* 9 The voice of God calls to the city —(and sound wisdom fears your name), Hear, tribe and whoever he appointed! 10 “Are there still {in} the house of the wicked treasuries of wickedness, and the ephah of leanness {that is} cursed? \* 11 Would I be innocent with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of stones of deceit? 12 —which her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak falsehood, and their tongue {is} deceit in their mouth. \* 13 And even I, I will make sick the striking of you, devastating {you} because of your sins. 14 You, you will eat but not be satisfied, for dysentery {will be} inside you. And you will bring to safety but not deliver, and what you do deliver, I will give to the sword. 15 You, you will sow but not reap; you, you will tread the olive but not anoint {yourself} {with} oil; and—new wine but not drink wine. \* 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all of the deeds of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, so that I will make you a desolation, and her inhabitants a hissing, and the reproach of my people you will bear.” \*