6:1 | Hear <08085> (8798) ye now what the LORD <03068> saith <0559> (8802); Arise <06965> (8798), contend <07378> (8798) thou before the mountains <02022>, and let the hills <01389> hear <08085> (8799) thy voice <06963>. {before: or, with} |
6:2 | Hear <08085> (8798) ye, O mountains <02022>, the LORD'S <03068> controversy <07379>, and ye strong <0386> foundations <04146> of the earth <0776>: for the LORD <03068> hath a controversy <07379> with his people <05971>, and he will plead <03198> (8691) with Israel <03478>. |
6:3 | O my people <05971>, what have I done <06213> (8804) unto thee? and wherein have I wearied <03811> (8689) thee? testify <06030> (8798) against me. |
6:4 | For I brought thee up <05927> (8689) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and redeemed <06299> (8804) thee out of the house <01004> of servants <05650>; and I sent <07971> (8799) before <06440> thee Moses <04872>, Aaron <0175>, and Miriam <04813>. |
6:5 | O my people <05971>, remember <02142> (8798) now what Balak <01111> king <04428> of Moab <04124> consulted <03289> (8804), and what Balaam <01109> the son <01121> of Beor <01160> answered <06030> (8804) him from Shittim <07851> unto Gilgal <01537>; that ye may know <03045> (8800) the righteousness <06666> of the LORD <03068>. |
6:6 | Wherewith shall I come before <06923> (8762) the LORD <03068>, [and] bow <03721> (8735) myself before the high <04791> God <0430>? shall I come before <06923> (8762) him with burnt offerings <05930>, with calves <05695> of a year <08141> old <01121>? {of a...: Heb. sons of a year?} |
6:7 | Will the LORD <03068> be pleased <07521> (8799) with thousands <0505> of rams <0352>, [or] with ten thousands <07233> of rivers <05158> of oil <08081>? shall I give <05414> (8799) my firstborn <01060> [for] my transgression <06588>, the fruit <06529> of my body <0990> [for] the sin <02403> of my soul <05315>? {body: Heb. belly} |
6:8 | He hath shewed <05046> (8689) thee, O man <0120>, what [is] good <02896>; and what doth the LORD <03068> require <01875> (8802) of thee, but to do <06213> (8800) justly <04941>, and to love <0160> mercy <02617>, and to walk <03212> (8800) humbly <06800> (8687) with thy God <0430>? {walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk} |
6:9 | The LORD'S <03068> voice <06963> crieth <07121> (8799) unto the city <05892>, and [the man of] wisdom <08454> shall see <07200> (8799) thy name <08034>: hear <08085> (8798) ye the rod <04294>, and who hath appointed <03259> (8804) it. {the man...: or, thy name shall see that which is} |
6:10 | Are there <0786> yet the treasures <0214> of wickedness <07562> (8676) <0376> in the house <01004> of the wicked <07563>, and the scant <07332> measure <0374> [that is] abominable <02194> (8803)? {Are...: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc} {scant...: Heb. measure of leanness} |
6:11 | Shall I count [them] pure <02135> (8799) with the wicked <07562> balances <03976>, and with the bag <03599> of deceitful <04820> weights <068>? {count...: or, be pure with, etc} |
6:12 | For the rich men <06223> thereof are full <04390> (8804) of violence <02555>, and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof have spoken <01696> (8765) lies <08267>, and their tongue <03956> [is] deceitful <07423> in their mouth <06310>. |
6:13 | Therefore also will I make [thee] sick <02470> (8689) in smiting <05221> (8687) thee, in making [thee] desolate <08074> (8687) because of thy sins <02403>. |
6:14 | Thou shalt eat <0398> (8799), but not be satisfied <07646> (8799); and thy casting down <03445> [shall be] in the midst <07130> of thee; and thou shalt take hold <05253> (8686), but shalt not deliver <06403> (8686); and [that] which thou deliverest <06403> (8762) will I give up <05414> (8799) to the sword <02719>. |
6:15 | Thou shalt sow <02232> (8799), but thou shalt not reap <07114> (8799); thou shalt tread <01869> (8799) the olives <02132>, but thou shalt not anoint <05480> (8799) thee with oil <08081>; and sweet wine <08492>, but shalt not drink <08354> (8799) wine <03196>. |
6:16 | For the statutes <02708> of Omri <06018> are kept <08104> (8691), and all the works <04639> of the house <01004> of Ahab <0256>, and ye walk <03212> (8799) in their counsels <04156>; that I should make <05414> (8800) thee a desolation <08047>, and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof an hissing <08322>: therefore ye shall bear <05375> (8799) the reproach <02781> of my people <05971>. {For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc} {desolation: or, astonishment} |