What God Requires of Man

(A)With what shall I come to the Lord
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with (B)burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?
Does the Lord take delight in (C)thousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my (D)firstborn for my rebellious acts,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has (E)told you, O man, what is good;
And (F)what does the Lord require of you
But to (G)do justice, to (H)love [a]kindness,
And to walk [b](I)humbly with your God?

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:8 Or loyalty
  2. Micah 6:8 Or circumspectly

31 They have (A)built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to (B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I (C)did not command, and it did not come into My [a]mind.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:31 Lit heart

and have built the (A)high places of Baal to burn their (B)sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My [a]mind;

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  1. Jeremiah 19:5 Lit heart

35 They built the (A)high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to (B)Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it [a]entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:35 Lit come up into My heart