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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 BSB</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">BSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/micah/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Case against Israel<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear now what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline">“Arise, plead your case before the mountains, <p class="indent2"> and let the hills hear your voice. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, <p class="indent2"> you enduring foundations of the earth. <p class="indent1"> For the LORD has a case against His people, <p class="indent2"> and He will argue it against Israel: <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>‘My people, what have I done to you? <p class="indent2"> Testify against Me how I have wearied you! <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For I brought you up from the land of Egypt <p class="indent2"> and redeemed you from the house of slavery. <p class="indent1"> I sent Moses before you, <p class="indent2"> as well as Aaron and Miriam. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled <p class="indent2"> and what Balaam son of Beor answered. <p class="indent1"> Remember your journey from Shittim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> to Gilgal, <p class="indent2"> so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’” <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>With what shall I come before the LORD <p class="indent2"> when I bow before the God on high? <p class="indent1"> Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, <p class="indent2"> with year-old calves? <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, <p class="indent2"> with ten thousand rivers of oil? <p class="indent1"> Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, <p class="indent2"> the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He has shown you, O man, what is good. <p class="indent2"> And what does the LORD require of you <p class="indent1"> but to act justly, to love mercy, <p class="indent2"> and to walk humbly with your God? <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">The Punishment of Israel<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The voice of the LORD calls out to the city <p class="indent2">(and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): <p class="indent1">“Heed the rod <p class="indent2"> and the One who ordained it. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Can I forget any longer, <p class="indent2"> O house of the wicked, <p class="indent1"> the treasures of wickedness <p class="indent2"> and the short ephah, which is accursed? <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Can I excuse dishonest scales <p class="indent2"> or bags of false weights? <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the wealthy of the city <p class="indent2"> are full of violence, <p class="indent1"> and its residents speak lies; <p class="indent2"> their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore I am striking you severely, <p class="indent2"> to ruin you because of your sins. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You will eat but not be satisfied, <p class="indent2"> and your hunger will remain with you. <p class="indent1"> What you acquire, you will not preserve; <p class="indent2"> and what you save, I will give to the sword. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You will sow but not reap; <p class="indent2"> you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; <p class="indent2"> you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You have kept the statutes of Omri <p class="indent2"> and all the practices of Ahab’s house; <p class="indent2"> you have followed their counsel. <p class="indent1"> Therefore I will make you a desolation, <p class="indent2"> and your inhabitants an object of contempt; <p class="indent2"> you will bear the scorn of the nations.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>Acacia Grove</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>scorn of My people</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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