Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
Listen
now to
what Yahweh
says:
"
Arise, plead
your
case
before the mountains, And let the hills hear what
you
have
to
say
.
Hear
ye
now what the
LORD
saith;
Arise, contend
thou
before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy
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 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.
My people, what have I done to
you
? How
have I burdened
you
? Answer
me !
O
my people, what have I done unto
thee
? and
wherein
have I wearied
thee
? testify
against
me .
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 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.
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
. "
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
.
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?
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?
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?
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?
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 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?
Yahweh's
voice calls
to
the city, And wisdom sees
your
name: "Listen
to
the rod, And he
who appointed it.
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.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a
short
ephah
that is accursed
?
Are there yet the
treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the
scant
measure
that is abominable
?
Shall I be
pure with dishonest
scales
, And with a
bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count
them
pure with the
wicked
balances
, and with the
bag of deceitful weights?
Her
rich men are full of violence, Her
inhabitants speak
lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech
.
For
the
rich men thereof
are full of violence, and
the
inhabitants thereof
have
spoken
lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth
.
Therefore I
also have
struck
you
with
a
grievous
wound.
I have
made
you
desolate because of your
sins.
Therefore also will
I make
thee
sick
in
smiting
thee,
in
making
thee
desolate because of thy
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.
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
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.
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.
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. "
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.
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