Micah 6
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
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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, O ye mountains, the LORD’S controversy, And ye enduring rocks, the 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 bondage, And I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. |
| 5 | O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; From Shittim unto Gilgal, That ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD. |
| 6 | ’Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old? |
| 7 | Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, With ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?’ |
| 8 | It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, And what the LORD doth require of thee: Only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. |
| 9 | Hark! the LORD crieth unto the city— And it is wisdom to have regard for 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 be pure with wicked balances, And with a 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 I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins. |
| 14 | Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; And thy sickness shall be in thine inward parts; And thou shalt conceive, but shalt not bring forth; And whomsoever thou bringest forth will I give up to the sword. |
| 15 | Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; Thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; And the vintage, 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 may make thee an astonishment, And the inhabitants thereof a hissing; And ye shall bear the reproach of My people. |