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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Micah 6 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/micah/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/micah/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Micah 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../micah/5.htm" title="Micah 5">◄</a> Micah 6 <a href="../micah/7.htm" title="Micah 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/micah/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Indictment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> says:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Arise, plead your case before the mountains,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let the hills hear your voice.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you enduring foundations of the earth,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has an indictment against his people,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he will contend with Israel.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“O my people, what have I done to you?</span><br /><span class="indent">How have I wearied you? Answer me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I brought you up from the land of Egypt</span><br /><span class="indent">and redeemed you from the house of slavery,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and I sent before you Moses,</span><br /><span class="indent">Aaron, and Miriam.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised,</span><br /><span class="indent">and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,</span><br /><span class="indent">that you may know the righteous acts of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.”</span></p> <p class="heading">What Does the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Require?</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“With what shall I come before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and bow myself before God on high?</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,</span><br /><span class="indent">with calves a year old?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Will the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> be pleased with<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Will the LORD accept">a</a></sup></span> thousands of rams,</span><br /><span class="indent">with ten thousands of rivers of oil?</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,</span><br /><span class="indent">the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He has told you, O man, what is good;</span><br /><span class="indent">and what does the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> require of you</span><br /><span class="ln-group">but to do justice, and to love kindness,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or steadfast love">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">and to walk humbly with your God?</span></p> <p class="heading">Destruction of the Wicked</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The voice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> cries to the city—</span><br /><span class="indent">and it is sound wisdom to fear your name:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">“Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain">c</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="indent">Can I forget any longer the treasures<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Are there still treasures">d</a></sup></span> of wickedness in the house of the wicked,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the scant measure that is accursed?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales</span><br /><span class="indent">and with a bag of deceitful weights?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew whose">e</a></sup></span> rich men are full of violence;</span><br /><span class="indent">your inhabitants speak lies,</span><br /><span class="indent">and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,</span><br /><span class="indent">making you desolate because of your sins.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You shall eat, but not be satisfied,</span><br /><span class="indent">and there shall be hunger within you;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you shall put away, but not preserve,</span><br /><span class="indent">and what you preserve I will give to the sword.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You shall sow, but not reap;</span><br /><span class="indent">you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;</span><br /><span class="indent">you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you have kept the statutes of Omri,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept">f</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">and all the works of the house of Ahab;</span><br /><span class="indent">and you have walked in their counsels,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that I may make you a desolation, and your<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew its">g</a></sup></span> inhabitants a hissing;</span><br /><span class="indent">so you shall bear the scorn of my people.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">Will the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span> accept</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>steadfast love</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>Are there still treasures</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Hebrew <i>whose</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">For the</span> statutes of Omri are kept</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Hebrew <i>its</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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