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16 For the statutes of [idolatrous] Omri you have kept, and all the works of the house of [wicked] Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation and an astonishment and your [city’s] inhabitants a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach and scorn of My people.

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16 The statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.(A)
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place(B)
and the city’s[a] residents an object of contempt;[b](C)
you will bear the scorn of My people.”[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:16 Lit and its
  2. Micah 6:16 Lit residents a hissing
  3. Micah 6:16 LXX reads of the peoples

10-16 “Do you expect me to overlook obscene wealth
    you’ve piled up by cheating and fraud?
Do you think I’ll tolerate shady deals
    and shifty scheming?
I’m tired of the violent rich
    bullying their way with bluffs and lies.
I’m fed up. Beginning now, you’re finished.
    You’ll pay for your sins down to your last cent.
No matter how much you get, it will never be enough—
    hollow stomachs, empty hearts.
No matter how hard you work, you’ll have nothing to show for it—
    bankrupt lives, wasted souls.
You’ll plant grass
    but never get a lawn.
You’ll make jelly
    but never spread it on your bread.
You’ll press apples
    but never drink the cider.
You have lived by the standards of your king, Omri,
    the decadent lifestyle of the family of Ahab.
Because you’ve slavishly followed their fashions,
    I’m forcing you into bankruptcy.
Your way of life will be laughed at, a tasteless joke.
    Your lives will be derided as futile and fake.”

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16 Tudo isso vai acontecer porque vocês imitaram os maus costumes e as maldades do rei Onri e do seu filho, o rei Acabe, e seguiram os conselhos deles. Por isso, vou destruir Jerusalém, e todo mundo vai zombar dos moradores da cidade. Vocês serão insultados por todos os povos.

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