6:1 Hear now a word: the Lord God has said;
Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and [ye] valleys
[even] the foundations of the earth: for the Lord [has] a controversy with
his people, and will plead with Israel.
6:3 O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I grieved thee?
or wherein have I troubled thee? answer me.
6:4 For I brought tee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of
the house of bondage, and sent before thee Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam.
6:5 O my people, remember now, what counsel Balac king of Moab took against
thee, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Galgal;
that the righteousness of the Lord might be known.
6:6 Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, [and] lay hold of my God most high?
shall I reach him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old?
6:7 Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats?
should I give my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the
sin of my soul?
6:8 Has it [not] been told thee, O man, what [is] good? or what does the
Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to
walk with the Lord thy God?
6:9 The Lord's voice shall be proclaimed in the city, and he shall save
those that fear his name: hear, O tribe; and who shall order the city?
6:10 [Is there] not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked
treasures, and [that] with the pride of unrighteousness?
6:11 Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in
the bag,
6:12 whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell
in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in
their mouth?
6:13 Therefore will I begin to smite thee; I will destroy thee in thy sins.
6:14 Thou shalt eat, and shalt not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness
upon thee; and he shall depart from [thee], and thou shalt not escape; and
all that shall escape shall be delivered over to the sword.
6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt press the olive,
but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and [shalt make] wine, but ye
shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly
abolished.
6:16 For thou hast kept the statues of Zambri, and [done] all the works of
the house of Achaab; and ye have walked in their ways, that I might deliver
thee to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and
ye shall bear the reproach of nations. |
6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise,
contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
6:2 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.
6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied
thee? testify against me.
6:4 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.
6:5 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.
6:6 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?
6:7 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?
6:8 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?
6:9 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.
6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is abominable?
6:11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of
deceitful weights?
6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants
thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
6:13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee
desolate because of thy sins.
6:14 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.
6:15 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.
6:16 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. |