Micah 6:6-12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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?”^(A)
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?^(B)

⁹ The voice of the Lord cries to the city
    (and he shall save those who fear his name^[a]):
Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city!^[b]
10     Can I forget^[c] the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked
    and the despicable false measure?^(C)
11 Can I tolerate wicked scales
    and a bag of dishonest weights?^(D)
12 Your^[d] wealthy are full of violence;
    your^[e] inhabitants speak lies
    with tongues of deceit in their mouths.