Micah 6:9-16

Revised Standard Version

⁹ The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
    and it is sound wisdom to fear thy name:
“Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city!^[a]
10     Can I forget^[b] the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
    and the scant measure that is accursed?
¹¹ Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales
    and with a bag of deceitful weights?
¹² Your^[c] rich men are full of violence;
    your^[d] inhabitants speak lies,
    and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
¹³ Therefore I have begun^[e] to smite you,
    making you desolate because of your sins.
¹⁴ You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
    and there shall be hunger in your inward parts;
you shall put away, but not save,
    and what you save I will give to the sword.
¹⁵ You shall sow, but not reap;
    you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
    you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
¹⁶ For you have kept the statutes of Omri,^[f]
    and all the works of the house of Ahab;
    and you have walked in their counsels;
that I may make you a desolation, and your^[g] inhabitants a hissing;
    so you shall bear the scorn of the peoples.”^[h]