Micah 5:7-6:8

New King James Version

⁷ Then ^(A)the remnant of Jacob
Shall be in the midst of many peoples,
^(B)Like dew from the Lord,
Like showers on the grass,
That ^[a]tarry for no man
Nor ^[b]wait for the sons of men.
⁸ And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a ^(C)lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
Both treads down and tears in pieces,
And none can deliver.
⁹ Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,
And all your enemies shall be ^[c]cut off.

¹⁰ “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
“That I will ^(D)cut^[d] off your ^(E)horses from your midst
And destroy your ^(F)chariots.
¹¹ I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds.
¹² I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you shall have no ^(G)soothsayers.
^13 (H)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall ^(I)no more worship the work of your hands;
¹⁴ I will pluck your ^[e]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.
¹⁵ And I will ^(J)execute vengeance in anger and fury
On the nations that have not ^[f]heard.”

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
^2 (K)Hear, O you mountains, ^(L)the Lord’s complaint,
And you strong foundations of the earth;
For ^(M)the Lord has a complaint against His people,
And He will ^[g]contend with Israel.

³ “O My people, what ^(N)have I done to you?
And how have I ^(O)wearied you?
Testify against Me.
^4 (P)For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
⁵ O My people, remember now
What ^(Q)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From ^[h]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know ^(R)the righteousness of the Lord.”

⁶ With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
^7 (S)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand ^(T)rivers of oil?
^(U)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
^[i]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸ He has ^(V)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But ^(W)to do justly,
To love ^[j]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?