Hear ye now what the LORD
saith
; Arise
, contend
thou before the mountains
, and let the hills
hear
thy voice
.
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
.
O my people, what have I done
unto thee? and wherein have I wearied
thee? testify
against me.
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
.
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
.
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
?
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
?
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
?
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.
Are there yet the treasures
of wickedness
in the house
of the wicked
, and the scant
measure
that is abominable
?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked
balances
, and with the bag
of deceitful
weights
?
For the rich men thereof are full
of violence
, and the inhabitants
thereof have spoken
lies
, and their tongue
is deceitful
in their mouth
.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting
thee, in making thee desolate
because of thy sins
.
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
.
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
.
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
.