The Book of Micah
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Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
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Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s indictment, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
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My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
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For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
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How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
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Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Yahweh’s voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— “Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
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Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
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Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
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Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
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Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
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You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
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You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.
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For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. You will bear the reproach of my people.”
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