Micah

Micah 6

1God's controversy with his people for ingratitude. 6What service is acceptable to him. 10He reproveth them for their injustice, 16and idolatry.

1HEAR ye ^anow what the LORD saith; Arise, ^bcontend thou ¹before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

a He. 3.7; 4.7. Pr. 27.1. 2Co. 6.2. b Eze. 36.1,8. Ho. 2.2. ch.1.2. De. 4.26; 32.1. Ps. 50.4. Is. 1.2. Je. 22.29.

2Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: ^cfor the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

c Ho. 4.1,2; 12.2. Is.5.3,4; 43.26. Je. 2.9,35. Eze. 16.43; 20.35,36. Ps. 78.58,59.

3^dO my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

d Ps. 50.7. Je. 2.5,31. Is. 5.3,4. Ps. 51.4. Ro. 3.4,5.

4For ^eI 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.

e Ex. 12.51; 20.2; 14.30; 15.20. De. 4.20; 5.6. Nu.12.2. Ps. 78.12-55; 77.14-20. Is. 63.7-14. Am. 2.10.

5O my people, remember now ^fwhat Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the ^grighteousness of the LORD.

f Nu. 22-25. Jos. 24.9,10. Re. 2.14. De. 23.4,5. g Ju. 5.11.

6¶^hWherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him ⁱwith burnt offerings, with calves ²of a year old?

h Is. 58.2,3. Jn. 6.28. Mat. 19.16. Ro. 10.2,3. Ps. 15.1; 24.3. Ho. 5.6. i Le. 1; 3-6. Is. 1.13.

7^jWill the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? ^kshall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my ³body for the sin of my soul?

j Ps. 50.9; 51.16. Is. 1.11-15; 66.3. Pr. 15.8; 21.27. 1Sa. 15.22. k 2Ki. 3.27; 16.3; 21.6. Je. 7.31; 19.5. Eze. 16.20,21; 23.37. Le. 18.21.

8He hath ^lshewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to ⁴walk humbly with thy God?

l De. 10.12,13. 1Sa. 15.22. Ho. 6.6; 12.6. Is. 1.16-19. Ec. 12.13. Ge. 18.19. Mat. 7.21. 2Co. 7.11. Col. 3.12. 1Pe. 5.6. Ro. 11.20.

9The LORD's ^mvoice crieth unto the city, and ⁵the man of wisdom ⁿshall see thy name: hear ye ^othe rod, and who hath appointed it.

m Is. 8.7,8; 28.11; 26.11. Je. 6.8. n Ho. 14.9. Ps.107.43. o Is. 10.5,6; 30.32. La. 3.21,39. Pr. 29.15; 22.15.

10¶⁶Are there yet ^pthe treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the ^7*scant measure that is abominable?

p Le. 19.35,36. De. 25.13-16. Pr. 11.1; 20.10,23. Je. 5.27. Am. 8.5.

11⁸Shall I count them pure with ^qthe wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

q v.8,10. Ho. 12.7. Am. 3.10; 5.11,12; 8.5. Pr. 11.1; 20.10,23.

12For the ^rrich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

r ch.2.1,2; 3.1-3; 7.2-6. Is. 59.1-15; 5.7-23. Je. 5.27,28. Ho. 4.1,2. Zep. 3.1-5. Hab. 1.2-4. Eze. 22. Je. 9.2-6,8. 2Ti. 3.13.

13Therefore also ^swill I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee ^tdesolate because of thy sins.

s Is. 1.5. Ps. 107.17,18. ch.2.3; 3.4,12; 7.13. t Ho. 5.9.

14^uThou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and ^vthou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

u Le. 26.26. Ho. 4.10. Hag. 1.6. Mat. 4.4. v Is. 24.17,18. Am. 2.13-16; 6.9; 9.1-4. Le. 26.15-39. De. 28.15-64; 32.22-27.

15Thou shalt ^wsow, 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.

w De. 28.38-40. Am. 5.11. Hag. 1.6,11. Zep. 1.13. Je. 12.13. Hag. 2.17,18. Mal. 3.8,9.

16¶For ⁹the ^xstatutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I ^yshould make thee a ¹⁰desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ^zye shall bear the reproach of my people.

x 1Ki. 16.16,25-33; 18.4. Ho. 5.11. 2Ki. 21.3. Lu. 7.30. Is. 9.16. y Le. 26.33-39. De. 28.15-68. 1Ki. 9.8. 2Ch. 29.8,9. Je. 18.16; 19.8; 24.8,9; 25.9,11. z v.12. ch.3.1. Is. 25.8. Ps. 42.10; 89.50,51; 44.13,14. Je. 51.51. Eze. 34.29.