Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Listen
now to
what Yahweh
says: "
Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear what
you
have
to
say
.
Hear
now what the
LORD
says: “
Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your
voice
.
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 .
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 :
My people, what have I done to you? How have
I burdened
you ?
Answer
me
!
‘
My people, what have I done to you? Testify
against
Me
how I have
wearied
you!
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.
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.
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
. "
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
. ’”
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?
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
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?
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 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?
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?
Yahweh's
voice calls to the city ,
And wisdom sees
your name: "Listen
to
the rod ,
And he
who 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
short ephah that
is accursed?
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
dishonest scales ,
And
with
a
bag
of deceitful
weights?
Can
I excuse
dishonest scales or
bags
of false
weights?
Her
rich
men
are full of violence, Her
inhabitants
speak lies ,
And
their tongue
is
deceitful in their speech
.
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
struck
you with
a
grievous
wound.
I
have
made
you desolate
because of your sins.
Therefore I am
striking
you severely,
to
ruin
you because of your sins.
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
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 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 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.
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
. "
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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