Micah 6 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

God’s Indictment of His People

1Hear now what the Lord is saying,

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,

And let the hills hear your voice.

2“Hear, O mountains, the indictment of the Lord,

And you enduring foundations of the earth,

For the Lord has a case (a legal complaint) against His people,

And He will dispute (challenge) Israel.

3“O My people, what have I done to you?

And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.

4“For I brought you up from the land of Egypt

And ransomed you from the house of slavery,

And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

5“My people, remember now

What Balak king of Moab devised

And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,

[Remember what the Lord did for you] from Shittim to Gilgal,

So that you may know the righteous and saving acts of the Lord.”

What God Requires of Man

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 yearling calves?

7Will the Lord be delighted with thousands of rams,

Or with ten thousand rivers of oil?

Shall I present my firstborn for my acts of rebellion,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8He has told you, O man, what is good;

And what does the Lord require of you

Except to be just, and to love kindness (compassion),

And to walk humbly with your God?

9¶The voice of the Lord shall call to the city—

And it is sound wisdom to heed and fear Your name;

“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time?

10“Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness

In the house of the wicked,

And a short (inaccurate) measure that is cursed?

11“Can I justify deceptive scales

And a bag of dishonest weights?

12“For the rich men of the city are full of violence;

Her inhabitants speak lies

And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13“So also I will make you sick, striking you down,

Desolating and devastating you, because of your sins.

14“You shall eat, but you will not be satisfied,

And your emptiness shall be among you;

You will remove for safekeeping

But you will fail to save anything,

And what you do save I shall give to the sword.

15“You shall sow but you shall not reap;

You shall tread olives, but shall not anoint yourself with oil,

And the grapes, but you shall not drink the wine.

16“For the statutes of Omri,

And all the works of the house (dynasty) of Ahab;

And you walk in their counsels and policies.

Therefore, I shall hand you over for destruction and horror

And your inhabitants for ridicule,

And you shall bear the rebuke and scorn of My people.”