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Micah 6:1-8
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Micah 6:1-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
God Challenges Israel
6 Hear what the Lord says:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.(A)
2 Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.(B)
3 “O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me!(C)
4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.(D)
5 O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.”(E)
What God Requires
6 “With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
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?”(F)
8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?(G)
Micah 6:1-8
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Micah 6:1-8
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The Lord’s Case Against Israel
6 Listen to what the Lord says:
“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;(A)
let the hills hear what you have to say.
2 “Hear,(B) you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;(C)
listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case(D) against his people;
he is lodging a charge(E) against Israel.
3 “My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened(F) you?(G) Answer me.
4 I brought you up out of Egypt(H)
and redeemed you from the land of slavery.(I)
I sent Moses(J) to lead you,
also Aaron(K) and Miriam.(L)
5 My people, remember
what Balak(M) king of Moab plotted
and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim(N) to Gilgal,(O)
that you may know the righteous acts(P) of the Lord.”
6 With what shall I come before(Q) the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?(R)
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,(S)
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?(T)
Shall I offer my firstborn(U) for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?(V)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(W) and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[a](X) with your God.(Y)
Footnotes
- Micah 6:8 Or prudently
Amos 5:14-24
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Amos 5:14-24
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14 Seek good and not evil,
that you may live,
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
just as you have said.(A)
15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(B)
16 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:
In all the squares there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, “Alas! Alas!”
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and those skilled in lamentation to wailing;(C)
17 in all the vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through the midst of you,
says the Lord.(D)
The Day of the Lord a Dark Day
18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light,(E)
19 as if someone fled from a lion
and was met by a bear
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
and was bitten by a snake.(F)
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?(G)
21 I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.(H)
22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.(I)
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.(J)
Amos 5:14-24
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Amos 5:14-24
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14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(A)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(B) love good;(C)
maintain justice in the courts.(D)
Perhaps(E) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(F)
on the remnant(G) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing(H) in all the streets(I)
and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(J) will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(K) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(L) your midst,”
says the Lord.(M)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(N)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(O)
That day will be darkness,(P) not light.(Q)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(R)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(S)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(T) not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(U)
21 “I hate,(V) I despise your religious festivals;(W)
your assemblies(X) are a stench to me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings(Y) and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.(Z)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.(AA)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.(AB)
24 But let justice(AC) roll on like a river,
righteousness(AD) like a never-failing stream!(AE)
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