Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Hear
now what the
LORD
says: “
Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your
voice
.
Listen
now to
what Yahweh
says: "
Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear what
you
have
to
say
.
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 :
Hear, you
mountains, Yahweh's
controversy
, And
you enduring foundations of the earth ;
For Yahweh
has a controversy
with
his people, And he will contend
with
Israel .
‘
My people, what have I done to you? Testify
against
Me
how I
have wearied
you!
My people, what have I done to you? How have I
burdened
you ?
Answer
me
!
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.
For I brought you up out
of
the land of Egypt ,
And redeemed you out
of
the house of bondage
. I sent before you Moses
, Aaron ,
and Miriam.
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
. ’”
My people, remember now
what Balak king of Moab devised,
And what Balaam the
son of Beor answered him
from Shittim to Gilgal, That you may know
the righteous
acts
of Yahweh
. "
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
?
How
shall I come before Yahweh,
And
bow myself
before the exalted
God? Shall
I come before
him with burnt offerings, With calves
a
year old?
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?
Will
Yahweh
be pleased with thousands of rams ?
With tens
of
thousands
of
rivers of oil? Shall I give
my firstborn for my disobedience?
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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?
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh
require of you ,
but to act justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
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.
Yahweh's
voice calls to the city ,
And wisdom sees
your name: "Listen
to
the rod ,
And he
who appointed
it.
Can
I
forget
any
longer,
O
house of the wicked, the
treasures
of
wickedness
and the
short ephah ,
which
is accursed?
Are
there
yet
treasures
of
wickedness
in
the
house of the wicked, And a
short ephah that
is accursed?
Can
I excuse
dishonest scales or
bags
of false
weights?
Shall
I be
pure
with
dishonest scales ,
And
with
a
bag
of deceitful
weights?
For
the
wealthy
of
the
city
are full of violence, and
its
residents
speak lies ;
their tongues
are
deceitful in their mouths
.
Her
rich
men
are full of violence, Her
inhabitants
speak lies ,
And
their tongue
is
deceitful in their speech
.
Therefore I am
striking
you severely,
to
ruin
you because of your sins.
Therefore I also
have
struck
you with
a
grievous
wound.
I
have
made
you desolate
because of your sins.
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.
You shall
eat ,
but not be satisfied .
Your humiliation
will be
in
your
midst
. You will store
up,
but
not save
; And that
which
you save I will give up
to the sword.
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.
You will sow ,
but won't
reap .
You will tread
the
olives ,
but won't
anoint yourself
with oil; And
crush
grapes ,
but won't
drink the wine.
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
. ”
For
the statutes of Omri are
kept,
And all the works
of the
house of
Ahab.
You walk
in
their counsels,
That
I may
make you a ruin
, And her
inhabitants a
hissing
; And
you will bear the reproach
of my
people
. "
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