God’s Lawsuit against Judah
1 Now listen to what the Lord is saying:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
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5 and let the hills hear your voice.
My people,
remember what Balak king of Moab(L) proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,(M)
and what happened from the Acacia Grove(a)(N) to Gilgal(O)
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.(P)
remember what Balak king of Moab(L) proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,(M)
and what happened from the Acacia Grove(a)(N) to Gilgal(O)
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.(P)
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Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams(S)
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,(T)
the child of my body for my own sin?
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,(T)
the child of my body for my own sin?
Verdict of Judgment
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For the wealthy of the city are full of violence,(AC)
and its residents speak lies;(AD)
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.(AE)
and its residents speak lies;(AD)
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.(AE)
Footnotes:
a.
Micah 6:5: Or Shittim
b.
Micah 6:9: Jerusalem
c.
Micah 6:9: Or attention, you tribe. Who has ordained it?; Hb obscure
d.
Micah 6:10: Hb obscure
e.
Micah 6:13: LXX, Aq, Theod, Syr, Vg; MT reads I have made [you] sick by striking you down
f.
Micah 6:14: Hb obscure
g.
Micah 6:16: Lit and its
h.
Micah 6:16: Lit residents a hissing
i.
Micah 6:16: LXX reads of the peoples
Cross references:
B.
Micah 6:2:
Psalm 104:5
D.
Micah 6:3:
Psalm 50:7
I.
Micah 6:4:
Exodus 20:2
J.
Micah 6:4:
Psalm 77:20
AE.
Micah 6:12:
Isaiah 3:8
AF.
Micah 6:13:
Micah 1:9
AH.
Micah 6:14:
Isaiah 9:20
AI.
Micah 6:14:
Isaiah 30:6
AK.
Micah 6:15:
Amos 5:11
AM.
Micah 6:16:
Jeremiah 18:16