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Micah

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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.