Thematic Bible
Micah 6:1 (show verse)
Hear now what Yahweh says: "Arise! Plead [your case] with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice."
Micah 6:2 (show verse)
Hear, O mountains, the indictment of Yahweh, and you eternal foundations of the earth, for Yahweh has an indictment against his people, and against Israel he contends.
Micah 6:3 (show verse)
"O my people, what have I done to you, and how have I wearied you? Answer me!
Micah 6:4 (show verse)
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and from the house of slavery I redeemed you. And I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.
Micah 6:5 (show verse)
O my people, remember what Balak the king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and [what happened from] Shittim to Gilgal, so that you might know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
Micah 6:6 (show verse)
With what shall I approach Yahweh, and bow down to God on high? Shall I approach him with burnt offerings, with bull calves a year old?
Micah 6:7 (show verse)
Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams, with myriads of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body [for the] sin of my soul?
Micah 6:8 (show verse)
He has told you, O mortal, what [is] good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:9 (show verse)
The voice of Yahweh calls to the city ([it is] sound judgment to fear your name): "Hear, staff! Now who has appointed it?
Micah 6:10 (show verse)
Is there any longer a man [in] the house of the wicked treasures of wickedness, and the ephah of scarcity [which is] accursed?
Micah 6:11 (show verse)
Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Micah 6:12 (show verse)
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Micah 6:13 (show verse)
And I also {have made you sick by striking you down}, making [you] desolate because of your sins.
Micah 6:14 (show verse)
You yourself will eat but not be satisfied; your hunger [will be] in your midst, and you will put away, but you will not save, and what you save I will hand over to the sword.
Micah 6:15 (show verse)
You yourself will sow, but you will not reap; you will tread olives, but you will not anoint yourself with oil; [you will tread] grapes, but you will not drink wine.
Micah 6:16 (show verse)
For you have observed the regulations of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you have walked in their counsels, so that I am making you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of scorn. So you will bear the scorn of my people.