Hear ye
now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou
before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy
voice.
02 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.
03 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and
wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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?
07 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?
08 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?
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09 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.
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