Micah 6:1 Listen8085 now to what Yahweh3068 says:559 "Arise,6965 plead7378 your case before the mountains,2022 and let the hills1389 hear8085 what you have to say.69632 Hear,8085 you mountains,2022 Yahweh's3068 controversy,7379 and you enduring386 foundations4146 of the earth;776 for Yahweh3068 has a controversy7379 with his people,5971 and he will contend3198 with Israel.34783 My people,5971 what have I done6213 to you? How have I burdened3811 you? Answer6030 me!
4 For I brought you up5927 out of the land776 of Egypt,4714 and redeemed6299 you out of the house1004 of bondage.5650 I sent7971 before6440 you Moses,4872 Aaron,175 and Miriam.48135 My people,5971 remember2142 now what Balak1111 king4428 of Moab4124 devised,3289 and what Balaam1109 the son1121 of Beor1160 answered6030 him from Shittim7851 to Gilgal,1537 that you may know3045 the righteous6666 acts of Yahweh."3068
Micah 6:6 How shall I come before6923 Yahweh,3068 and bow3721 myself before the exalted4791 God?430 Shall I come before6923 him with burnt offerings,5930 with calves5695 a year8141 old?11217 Will Yahweh3068 be pleased7521 with thousands505 of rams?352 With tens of thousands7233 of rivers5158 of oil?8081 Shall I give5414 my firstborn1060 for my disobedience?6588 The fruit6529 of my body990 for the sin2403 of my soul?53158 He has shown5046 you, O man,120 what is good.2896 What does Yahweh3068 require1875 of you, but to act6213 justly,4941 to love160 mercy,2617 and to walk3212 humbly6800 with your God?430
Micah 6:9 Yahweh's3068 voice6963 calls7121 to the city,5892 and wisdom8454 sees7200 your name:8034 "Listen8085 to the rod,4294 and he who appointed3259 it.
10{An ephah is a measure of volume (about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel), and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.} Are there786 yet treasures214 of wickedness7562 in the house1004 of the wicked,7563 and a short7332 ephah374 that is accursed?219411 Shall I be pure2135 with dishonest7562 scales,3976 and with a bag3599 of deceitful4820 weights?6812 Her rich men6223 are full4390 of violence,2555 her inhabitants3427 speak1696 lies,8267 and their tongue3956 is deceitful7423 in their speech.631013 Therefore I also have struck2470 you with a grievous wound.5221 I have made you desolate8074 because of your sins.240314 You shall eat,398 but not be satisfied.7646 Your humiliation3445 will be in your midst.7130 You will store up,5253 but not save;6403 and that which you save6403 I will give up5414 to the sword.271915 You will sow,2232 but won't reap.7114 You will tread1869 the olives,2132 but won't anoint5480 yourself with oil;8081 and crush grapes,8492 but won't drink8354 the wine.849216 For the statutes2708 of Omri6018 are kept,8104 and all the works4639 of the house1004 of Ahab.256 You walk3212 in their counsels,4156 that I may make5414 you a ruin,8047 and her inhabitants3427 a hissing;8322 And you will bear5375 the reproach2781 of my people."5971