Micah

 1 Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s ^acontroversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will ^bplead with Israel.

 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and ^aredeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

 5 O my people, remember now what ^aBalak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

 6 ¶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?

 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of ^arams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my ^bfirstborn for my ^ctransgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord ^arequire of thee, but to do ^bjustly, and to love ^cmercy, and to ^dwalk ^ehumbly with thy God?

 9 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.

 10 ¶Are there yet the ^atreasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

 11 Shall I count them ^apure with the wicked ^bbalances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

 12 For the rich men thereof are full of ^aviolence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be ^asatisfied; and ^bthy 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.

 15 Thou shalt ^asow, 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.

 16 ¶For the statutes of ^aOmri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a ^bdesolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the ^creproach of my people.