Micah 6

God’s Lawsuit against Judah

1Now listen to what the Lord is saying:

Rise, plead your case before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your complaint. # 6:1 Lit voice

2Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit, # 6:2 Is 3:13; Jr 2:9

you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth, # 6:2 2Sm 22:16; Ps 104:5

because the Lord has a case against his people, # 6:2 Is 1:18; Hs 4:1; 12:2

and he will argue it against Israel.

3My people, # 6:3 Ps 50:7 what have I done to you, # 6:3 Jr 2:5

or how have I wearied you? # 6:3 Is 43:22–23

Testify against me!

4Indeed, I brought you up # 6:4 Ex 12:51; 20:2 from the land of Egypt

and redeemed you # 6:4 Dt 7:8 from that place of slavery. # 6:4 Ex 20:2

I sent Moses, # 6:4 Ps 77:20 Aaron, and Miriam # 6:4 Ex 15:20 ahead of you.

5My people,

remember what King Balak of Moab # 6:5 Nm 22:5–6 proposed,

what Balaam son of Beor answered him, # 6:5 Nm 22–24

and what happened from the Acacia Grove # 6:5 Or from Shittim,# 6:5 Nm 25:1; Jos 2:1; 3:1 to Gilgal # 6:5 Jos 4:19; 5:9–10

so that you may acknowledge

the Lord’s righteous acts. # 6:5 1Sm 12:7; Ps 103:6; Is 1:27

6What should I bring before the Lord # 6:6 Ps 40:6–8

when I come to bow before God on high?

Should I come before him with burnt offerings, # 6:6 Ps 51:16–17

with year-old calves?

7Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams # 6:7 Ps 50:9; Is 40:16

or with ten thousand streams of oil?

Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, # 6:7 Lv 18:21; 20:1–5; Jr 7:31

the offspring of my body for my own sin?

8Mankind, he has told each of you what is good # 6:8 Dt 30:15

and what it is the Lord requires of you: # 6:8 Dt 10:12

to act justly, # 6:8 Is 56:1; Jr 22:3; Mt 23:23

to love faithfulness, # 6:8 Hs 6:6

and to walk humbly with your God. # 6:8 Is 57:15; 66:2

Verdict of Judgment

9The voice of the Lord calls out to the city # 6:9 = Jerusalem

(and it is wise to fear your name):

“Pay attention to the rod

and the one who ordained it. # 6:9 Or attention, you tribe. Who has ordained it?; Hb obscure

10Are there still # 6:10 Hb obscure the treasures of wickedness # 6:10 Jr 5:26–27; Am 3:10

and the accursed short measure # 6:10 Ezk 45:9–10; Am 8:5

in the house of the wicked?

11Can I excuse wicked scales

or bags of deceptive weights? # 6:11 Lv 19:36; Hs 12:7

12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, # 6:12 Is 1:23; 5:7; Am 6:3–4; Mc 2:1–2

and its residents speak lies; # 6:12 Jr 9:2–6,8; Hs 7:13; Am 2:4

the tongues in their mouths are deceitful. # 6:12 Is 3:8

13“As a result, I have begun to strike you severely, # 6:13 LXX, Aq, Theod, Syr, Vg; MT reads I have made you sick by striking you down,# 6:13 Mc 1:9

bringing desolation because of your sins. # 6:13 Is 1:7; 6:11

14You will eat but not be satisfied, # 6:14 Is 9:20

for there will be hunger within you.

What you acquire, you cannot save, # 6:14 Is 30:6

and what you do save,

I will give to the sword. # 6:14 Hb obscure

15You will sow but not reap; # 6:15 Dt 28:38–40; Jr 12:13

you will press olives

but not anoint yourself with oil;

and you will tread grapes

but not drink the wine. # 6:15 Am 5:11; Zph 1:13

16The statutes of Omri

and all the practices of Ahab’s house

have been observed;

you have followed their policies. # 6:16 1Kg 16:25–34; 2Kg 21:3; 2Ch 21:6,13; Jr 7:24

Therefore, I will make you a desolate place # 6:16 Jr 18:16

and the city’s # 6:16 Lit and its residents an object of contempt; # 6:16 Lit residents a hissing,# 6:16 Jr 19:8; 25:9,18; 29:18

you will bear the scorn of my people.” # 6:16 LXX reads of the peoples,# 6:16 Ps 44:13; Jr 51:51; Hs 12:14

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Michoh 6

1Hear ye now what Hashem saith:

Arise, contend thou before heharim (the mountains),

and let the hills hear thy voice.

2Hear ye, O harim (mountains), the riv Hashem (dispute, case, lawsuit of Hashem);

listen, ye enduring mosedei eretz (foundations of the earth);

for Hashem hath a case against His people,

and He will contend with Yisroel.

3O Ami (My people), what have I done unto thee?

And wherein have I been a burden to thee?

Testify against Me.

4For I brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim,

and redeemed thee out of the bais avadim (house of slaves);

and sent before thee Moshe, Aharon, and Miryam.

5O Ami (My people), remember now

what Balak Melech Moav did plot,

and what Balaam ben Be'or answered him

from Sheetim to Gilgal;#6:5 See Josh 3—4

that ye may have da'as of the tzidkot (righteous acts of) Hashem.

6With what shall I come before Hashem,

and bow myself before Elohei Marom (G-d on High)?

Shall I come before Him with olot (burnt offerings),

with calves a year old?

7Will Hashem be pleased with thousands of eilim (rams),

or with ten thousand rivers of shemen (olive oil)?

Shall I give my bechor (firstborn) for my peysha,

the p'ri (fruit) of my beten for the chattat (sin) of my nefesh?

8He hath showed thee, O adam (man), what is tov.

And what doth Hashem require of thee,

but to do mishpat, and ahavat chesed,

and to walk humbly with Eloheicha?

9 Hashemʼs voice crieth unto the ir (city):

To fear Thy Shem (Name) is wisdom;

heed the rod and the One who appointed it.

10Are there yet the otzerot (treasures) of wickedness

in the bais rasha (the house of the wicked),

and the scant measure, the too small eifah (bushel) which is accursed?

11Shall I acquit the one with dishonest scales,

and with the bag of mirmah (deceitful) weights?#6:11 T.N. see Moshiach without mirmah, Isa 53:9

12For the oisher (the wealthy) thereof are full of chamas (violence),#6:12 See Moshiach without chamas, Isa 53:9

and the inhabitants thereof have spoken sheker,

and their leshon (tongue) is remiyah (guile) in their mouth.

13Therefore also will I make thee sick in striking thee,

in making thee desolate because of chattotecha.

14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;

and thy emptiness remains in thee;

and thou shalt put away but not save;

and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the cherev (sword).

15Thou shalt sow the zera, but thou shalt not reap the katzir (harvest);

thou shalt tread the zayit (olives), but thou shalt not anoint thee with shemen (olive oil);

and yayin shalt thou not drink.

16For the chukkot Omri (statutes of Omri) are kept,

and kol ma'aseh Bais Ach'av (all the works of the House of Ahab);

and ye walk in their mo'atzot (advise, counsel);

therefore, I should make thee a desolation,

and the inhabitants thereof an object of hissing;

therefore ye shall bear the cherpah (scorn, abuse, disgrace) of Ami (My people).

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