Micah 6 : 15

Micah 6

Verse: 1

Hear ye now what the lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Micah 6

Verse: 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.

Micah 6

Verse: 3

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

Micah 6

Verse: 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.

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Verse: 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.

Micah 6

Verse: 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?

Micah 6

Verse: 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?

Micah 6

Verse: 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?

Micah 6

Verse: 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.

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Verse: 10

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

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Verse: 11

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

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Verse: 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.

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Verse: 13

Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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Verse: 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.

Micah 6

Verse: 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.

Micah 6

Verse: 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.