{"book":"Micah","slug":"micah","ch":6,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Micah","prev":"micah/5","next":"micah/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Hear now what the LORD says:“ Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Hear now what the LORD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Arise, plead your case before the mountains,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and let the hills hear your voice."}],"h":"The Case against Israel","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you enduring foundations of the earth."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For the LORD has a case against His people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He will argue it against Israel:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"‘ My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"‘ My people, what have I done to you?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Testify against Me how I have wearied you!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I brought you up from the land of Egypt"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and redeemed you from the house of slavery."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I sent Moses before you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as well as Aaron and Miriam."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember [your journey] from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”","f":["Or Acacia Grove"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and what Balaam son of Beor answered."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Remember [your journey] from Shittim to Gilgal,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"With what shall I come before the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I bow before the God on high?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Should I come to Him with burnt offerings,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with year-old calves?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with ten thousand rivers of oil?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"He has shown you, O man, what [is] good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He has shown you, O man, what [is] good."},{"style":"indent2","t":"And what does the LORD require of you"},{"style":"indent1","t":"but to act justly, to love mercy,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to walk humbly with your God?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"The voice of the LORD calls out to the city ( and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name ):“ Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The voice of the LORD calls out to the city"},{"style":"indent2","t":"( and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name ):"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Heed the rod"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the One who ordained it."}],"h":"The Punishment of Israel","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can I forget any longer,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O house of the wicked,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the treasures of wickedness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the short ephah, which is accursed?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can I excuse dishonest scales"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or bags of false weights?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the wealthy of the city"},{"style":"indent2","t":"are full of violence,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and its residents speak lies;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their tongues are deceitful in their mouths."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore I am striking you severely,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to ruin you because of your sins."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will eat but not be satisfied,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your hunger will remain with you."},{"style":"indent1","t":"What you acquire, you will not preserve;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and what you save, I will give to the sword."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will sow but not reap;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will tread grapes but not drink the wine."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”","f":["LXX; Hebrew scorn of My people"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have kept the statutes of Omri"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and all the practices of Ahab’s house;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you have followed their counsel."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore I will make you a desolation,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your inhabitants an object of contempt;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will bear the scorn of the nations.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}