Micah 6:1-8

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God’s Lawsuit against Judah

6 Now listen to what the Lord is saying:

Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your complaint.^[a]
²Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit,^(A)
you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth,^(B)
because the Lord has a case against his people,^(C)
and he will argue it against Israel.
³My people,^(D) what have I done to you,^(E)
or how have I wearied you?^(F)
Testify against me!
⁴Indeed, I brought you up^(G) from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you^(H) from that place of slavery.^(I)
I sent Moses,^(J) Aaron, and Miriam^(K) ahead of you.
⁵My people,
remember what King Balak of Moab^(L) proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,^(M)
and what happened from the Acacia Grove^[b]^(N) to Gilgal^(O)
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.^(P)

⁶What should I bring before the Lord^(Q)
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before him with burnt offerings,^(R)
with year-old calves?
⁷Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams^(S)
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,^(T)
the offspring of my body for my own sin?

⁸Mankind, he has told each of you what is good^(U)
and what it is the Lord requires of you:^(V)
to act justly,^(W)
to love faithfulness,^(X)
and to walk humbly with your God.^(Y)

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Footnotes

6:1 Lit voice
6:5 Or from Shittim

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