Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Hear ye
now what the LORD saith;
Arise, contend
thou
before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy
voice.
Hear now what the LORD says:
“
Arise, plead
your
case
before the mountains, and let the hills hear your
voice.
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 plead
with
Israel .
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s
indictment
, you
enduring
foundations of the earth .
For the LORD has
a case
against
His people, and He will argue
it
against
Israel :
O
my people, what have I done unto
thee?
and
wherein
have
I
wearied
thee
? testify against me .
‘
My people, what have I done to
you
? Testify against Me how
I
have
wearied
you!
For I brought thee
up out
of
the land of Egypt ,
and redeemed thee
out
of
the house of servants;
and
I sent before
thee
Moses, Aaron ,
and Miriam.
For I brought you
up from
the land of Egypt and redeemed you
from
the house of slavery.
I sent Moses before
you
, as
well
as
Aaron and Miriam.
O
my people, remember now
what Balak king of Moab consulted,
and what Balaam the
son of Beor answered him
from Shittim unto
Gilgal ;
that ye
may know
the righteousness of the LORD.
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled
and what Balaam son of Beor answered .
Remember
your
journey
from Shittim to
Gilgal ,
so
that you
may acknowledge
the righteousness of the LORD. ’”
Wherewith
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?
With
what
shall I come before the LORD when
I
bow before the God on
high
? Should
I come to
Him with burnt offerings, with year -
old calves
?
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?
Would
the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand
rivers of oil? Shall I present
my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He hath
shewed
thee
, O man, what is good ;
and what doth
the LORD require of thee,
but to do
justly, and
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy
God?
He has
shown
you
, O man, what is good .
And what does
the LORD require of you
but to act
justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your
God?
The LORD's
voice crieth
unto
the city ,
and the
man
of
wisdom shall
see
thy
name: hear
ye
the rod ,
and who hath
appointed
it.
The voice of
the LORD
calls
out
to
the
city (
and it
is
sound
wisdom to
fear
Your
name )
: “Heed
the rod and the
One
who ordained
it.
Are
there
yet
the
treasures
of
wickedness
in
the
house of the wicked, and the scant
measure
that
is abominable
?
Can
I
forget
any
longer,
O
house of the wicked, the
treasures
of
wickedness
and the short
ephah,
which
is accursed
?
Shall
I count
them
pure
with
the
wicked
balances,
and
with
the
bag
of deceitful
weights?
Can
I excuse
dishonest
scales
or
bags
of false
weights?
For the rich
men
thereof
are full of violence, and the
inhabitants
thereof
have
spoken
lies ,
and
their tongue
is
deceitful in their mouth
.
For the wealthy
of
the
city
are full of violence, and its
residents
speak
lies ;
their tongues
are
deceitful in their mouths
.
Therefore also
will
I make
thee
sick
in
smiting
thee
, in
making
thee
desolate
because of thy
sins.
Therefore I am
striking
you
severely
, to
ruin
you
because of your
sins.
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.
You
will
eat but not be satisfied ,
and your
hunger
will
remain
with
you.
What
you
acquire
, you
will
not preserve
; and what
you
save,
I will
give to the sword.
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.
You
will
sow but not reap; you
will
press
olives but not anoint yourselves
with oil; you
will
tread
grapes
but not drink the
wine.
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 the
inhabitants thereof
an hissing:
therefore
ye
shall
bear the reproach
of my
people
.
You
have
kept
the statutes of Omri and all the practices
of Ahab’s
house; you
have
followed
their
counsel.
Therefore
I will
make you
a desolation, and your
inhabitants an object
of
contempt;
you
will
bear the scorn
of the
nations
. ”
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