| Chapter 6 |
| 1 | Hear ye now what the LORD
saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy
voice. |
| 2 |
Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong
foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and
he will plead with Israel. |
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3 | O my people, what have I done unto
thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. |
| 4 | For I
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of
servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. |
| 5 | O my
people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son
of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the
righteousness of the LORD. |
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6 | Wherewith shall I come before the LORD,
and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt
offerings, with calves of a year old? |
| 7 | Will the LORD be pleased with
thousands of rams, or 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? |
| 8 |
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the
LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God? |
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9 | The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man
of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
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| 10 | Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is abominable? |
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11 | Shall I count them pure
with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? |
| 12 |
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have
spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. |
| 13 |
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate
because of thy sins. |
| 14 | Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and
thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but
shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the
sword. |
| 15
| Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread
the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt
not drink wine. |
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16 | For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the
works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make
thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall
bear the reproach of my people. |
