| 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 contend with Israel. |
| 6:3 | O my people, what have I done to thee? and how have I wearied thee? testify against me. |
| 6:4 | For I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee from 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 devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. |
| 6:6 | How 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 shown thee, O man, what [is] good; and what the LORD doth 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 to 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 her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants 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 thy inhabitants an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. |
Mikha 6 - Revised Webster Version
