Micah 6:9-16 - The Destruction Of The Wicked

⁹ Listen! The Lord is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city! ¹⁰ "I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. ¹¹ I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights. ¹² The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

¹³ I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin. ¹⁴ You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword. ¹⁵ You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink. ¹⁶ You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab's dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city's inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you."