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.”
Footnotes
- Micah 6:9 Lit it
- Micah 6:10 Lit shrunken ephah
- Micah 6:12 Lit her
- Micah 6:14 Or possibly garbage, excreta
- Micah 6:16 Lit her
Micah 6:9-16
Common English Bible
Punishment is near
9 The voice of the Lord calls out to the city;
wisdom appears when one fears your name.[a]
Hear, tribe, and who appointed her![b]
10 Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of wickedness,
while the shorted basket[c] is denounced?[d]
11 Can I approve wicked scales and a bag of false weights
12 in a city[e] whose wealthy are full of violence
and whose inhabitants speak falsehood
with lying tongues in their mouths?
13 So I have made you sick by striking you!
I have struck you because of your sins.
14 You devour, but you aren’t satisfied;
a gnawing emptiness is within you.
You put something aside,
but you don’t keep it safe.
That which you do try to keep safe,
I will give to the sword.
15 You sow, but you don’t gather.
You tread down olives, but you don’t anoint with oil;
you tread grapes, but don’t drink wine.
16 Yet you[f] have kept the policies of Omri,
all the practices of the house of Ahab;
you have followed their counsels.
Therefore, I will make you a sign of destruction,
your[g] inhabitants an object of hissing!
You must bear the reproach of my people.
Footnotes
- Micah 6:9 Heb uncertain
- Micah 6:9 Heb uncertain
- Micah 6:10 Or ephah, approximately twenty quarts of grain
- Micah 6:10 Heb uncertain
- Micah 6:12 Heb lacks in a city.
- Micah 6:16 Or he
- Micah 6:16 Or her
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