The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
MicahMicah 6
The LORD‘s Controversy with Israel | |
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Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. |
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Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD‘s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. |
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¶ O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. |
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For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, Ex. 12.50, 51 and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, Ex. 4.10-16 and Miriam. Ex. 15.20 |
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O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Ba’laam the son of Be’or answered him Num. 22.2—24.25 from Shittim unto Gilgal; Josh. 3.1—4.19 that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. |
What the LORD Requires | |
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¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? |
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Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? |
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He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? |
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¶ The LORD‘s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. |
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Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? |
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Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? |
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For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. |
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Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. |
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Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. |
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Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. |
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For the statutes of Omri 1 Kgs. 16.23-28 are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, 1 Kgs. 16.29-34 ; 21.25, 26 and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. |
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