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Answer me!<a id="ren40006003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40006003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006004" class="ver">4</span>I brought you up from the land of Egypt,</p> <p class="sl1">from the place of slavery I ransomed you;</p> <p class="sl">And I sent before you Moses,</p> <p class="sl1">Aaron, and Miriam.<a id="ren40006004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40006004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006005" class="ver">5</span><a id="rfn40006005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40006005-1">*</a>My people, remember what Moab’s King Balak planned,</p> <p class="sl1">and how Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him.</p> <p class="sl">Recall the passage from Shittim to Gilgal,</p> <p class="sl1">that you may know the just deeds of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren40006005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40006005-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn40006006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40006006-1">*</a>With what shall I come before the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">and bow before God most high?</p> <p class="sl">Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,</p> <p class="sl1">with calves a year old?<a id="ren40006006-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40006006-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006007" class="ver">7</span>Will the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> be pleased with thousands of rams,</p> <p class="sl1">with myriad streams of oil?</p> <p class="sl"><a id="rfn40006007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40006007-1">*</a> Shall I give my firstborn for my crime,</p> <p class="sl1">the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn40006008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40006008-1">*</a>You have been told, O mortal, what is good,</p> <p class="sl1">and what the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> requires of you:</p> <p class="sl">Only to do justice and to love goodness,</p> <p class="sl1">and to walk humbly with your God.<a id="ren40006008-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40006008-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006009" class="ver">9</span><a id="rfn40006009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40006009-1">*</a>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> cries aloud to the city</p> <p class="sl1">(It is prudent to fear your name!):</p> <p class="sl1">Hear, O tribe and city assembly,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006010" class="ver">10</span>Am I to bear criminal hoarding</p> <p class="sl1">and the accursed short ephah?<a id="rfn40006010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40006010-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006011" class="ver">11</span>Shall I acquit crooked scales,</p> <p class="sl1">bags of false weights?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006012" class="ver">12</span>You whose wealthy are full of violence,</p> <p class="sl1">whose inhabitants speak falsehood</p> <p class="sl1">with deceitful tongues in their mouths!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006013" class="ver">13</span>I have begun to strike you</p> <p class="sl1">with devastation because of your sins.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006014" class="ver">14</span>You shall eat, without being satisfied,</p> <p class="sl1">food that will leave you empty;</p> <p class="sl">What you acquire, you cannot save;</p> <p class="sl1">what you do save, I will deliver up to the sword.<a id="ren40006014-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40006014-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006015" class="ver">15</span>You shall sow, yet not reap,</p> <p class="sl1">tread out the olive, yet pour no oil,</p> <p class="sl1">crush the grapes, yet drink no wine.<a id="ren40006015-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40006015-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40006016" class="ver">16</span>You have kept the decrees of Omri,</p> <p class="sl1">and all the works of the house of Ahab,</p> <p class="sl1">and you have walked in their counsels;</p> <p class="sl">Therefore I will deliver you up to ruin,</p> <p class="sl1">and your citizens to derision;</p> <p class="sl1">and you shall bear the reproach of the nations.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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