Micah 6:9-16

Legacy Standard Bible

⁹ The voice of Yahweh will call to the city—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who even has appointed ^[a]its time?
¹⁰ Is there yet a man in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of ^(A)wickedness,
And a ^[b](B)short measure which is cursed?
¹¹ Can I purify wicked ^(C)scales
And a bag of deceptive weights?
¹² For the rich men of ^[c]the city are full of ^(D)violence,
And her inhabitants speak ^(E)lies,
And their ^(F)tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
¹³ So also I will make you ^(G)sick, striking you down,
^(H)Desolating you because of your sins.
¹⁴ You will eat, but you will ^(I)not be satisfied,
And your ^[d]vileness will be in your midst.
And you will try to remove something for safekeeping,
But you will ^(J)not cause anything to escape,
And that which you do have escape, I will give to the sword.
¹⁵ You will sow but you will ^(K)not reap.
You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And the grapes, but you will ^(L)not drink wine.
¹⁶ The statutes of ^(M)Omri
And all the works of the house of ^(N)Ahab are kept;
And in their counsels you ^(O)walk.
Therefore I will give you up as ^(P)an object of horror
And ^[e]your inhabitants as an ^(Q)object of hissing,
And you will bear the ^(R)reproach of My people.”