Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Hear ye
now what Jehovah
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, O ye
mountains, Jehovah's
controversy
, and
ye
enduring foundations of the earth ;
for Jehovah
hath
a controversy
with
his people, and he will contend
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 bondage;
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 devised,
and what Balaam the
son of Beor answered him;
`
remember '
from Shittim unto
Gilgal, that ye
may know
the righteous
acts
of Jehovah
.
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 Jehovah,
and
bow myself
before the high
God? shall
I come before
him with burnt -
offerings, with calves
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
Jehovah
be pleased with thousands of rams, `or'
with ten thousands
of
rivers of oil? shall I give
my first-born
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
showed
thee
, O man, what is good ;
and what doth
Jehovah
require of thee,
but to do
justly, and
to love kindness
, 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 voice of Jehovah
crieth
unto
the city ,
and `the
man
of'
wisdom will
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
treasures
of
wickedness
in
the
house of the wicked, and a
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 be
pure
with
wicked
balances,
and
with
a
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 I also
have
smitten
thee
with
a
grievous
wound;
I
have
made
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
humiliation
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
thee:
and thou
shalt
put
away
, but
shalt
not save
; and that
which
thou
savest
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 shalt
not reap; thou
shalt
tread
the
olives ,
but shalt
not anoint thee
with oil; and
the
vintage,
but shalt
not drink the 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 may
make thee
a desolation, and the
inhabitants thereof
a
hissing:
and
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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