Micah 5:6-6:8

Complete Jewish Bible

⁶⁽⁷⁾Then the remnant of Ya‘akov,
surrounded by many peoples,
will be like dew from Adonai,
like showers on the grass,
which doesn’t wait for a man
or expect anything from mortals.
⁷⁽⁸⁾The remnant of Ya‘akov among the nations,
surrounded by many peoples,
will be like a lion among forest animals,
like a young lion among flocks of sheep —
if it passes through, tramples and tears to pieces,
there is no one to rescue them.
⁸⁽⁹⁾Your hand will be raised over your enemies;
all your adversaries will be destroyed.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾“When that day comes,” says Adonai,
“I will cut off your horses from among you
and destroy your chariots.
¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾I will cut off the cities of your land
and lay waste your strongholds.
¹¹⁽¹²⁾I will cut off sorceries from your land;
you will no longer have soothsayers.
¹²⁽¹³⁾I will cut off your carved images
and standing-stones from among you;
no longer will you worship
what your own hands have made.
¹³⁽¹⁴⁾I will pull up your sacred poles from among you
and destroy your enemies.
¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾I will wreak vengeance in anger and fury
on the nations, because they would not listen.”

6 So listen now to what Adonai says:
“Stand up and state your case to the mountains,
let the hills hear what you have to say.”
²Listen, mountains, to Adonai’s case;
also you enduring rocks that support the earth!
Adonai has a case against his people;
he wants to argue it out with Isra’el:
³“My people, what have I done to you?
How have I wearied you? Answer me!
⁴I brought you up from the land of Egypt.
I redeemed you from a life of slavery.
I sent Moshe, Aharon
and Miryam to lead you.
⁵My people, just remember what Balak
the king of Mo’av had planned,
what Bil‘am the son of B‘or answered him,
[and what happened] between Sheetim and Gilgal —
so that you will understand
the saving deeds of Adonai.”
⁶“With what can I come before Adonai
to bow down before God on high?
Should I come before him with burnt offerings?
with calves in their first year?
⁷Would Adonai take delight in thousands of rams
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Could I give my firstborn to pay for my crimes,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

⁸Human being, you have already been told
what is good, what Adonai demands of you —
no more than to act justly, love grace
and walk in purity with your God.