THE BOOK OF MICAH

 

Micah Chapter 6

1 ¶ Listen now to what the LORD is saying; Arise, and plead your case before the mountains, let the hills hear your voice.

2 Listen to the LORD’S case, O mountains, and you strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

3 O my people, what have I done to you? and how have I wearied you? testify against me.

4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage; and I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.

5 O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor told him, and all they did from Shittim to Gilgal; so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.

6 ¶ What should I bring when I come before the LORD, and bow before the high God? should 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 thousand rivers of oil? should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do what is right, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

9 ¶ The LORD’S voice calls out to the city, and the man of wisdom will respect his name: pay attention to his rod, and the one who ordained it.

10 Are there still treasures gathered by wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is cursed?

11 Should I regard as innocent a man who has deceitful balances, and a bag of false weights?

12 Her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants tell lies, the tongue in their mouth is deceitful.

13 Therefore I will take away your health with heavy blows, and lay you in ruins because of your sins.

14 You will eat, but not be satisfied; and your emptiness and hunger will remain in you; what you acquire, you will not be able to save; and what you save I will deliver to the sword.

15 You will sow, but you will not reap; you will tread the olives, but you will not anoint yourselves with oil; and you will trample the grapes, but will not drink the wine.
  1. For you keep the rules made by Omri, and do everything Ahab’s family did, and follow their direction; so I will make the city a desolate place, and its inhabitants an object of contempt: and you will bear the reproach of my people.

[Note: Verse 8: Those who walk humbly with God are willing to admit their sin and need of His mercy. Those who prefer to believe that they are righteous are deceiving themselves and hardening their heart to the condemnation of His Law (John 1:47).]