6 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. 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. 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? 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. 10 Are
there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the
scant measure that is abominable? 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. 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.