54 lines
2.3 KiB
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54 lines
2.3 KiB
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# Chapter 6
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1 Hear what the Lord says:
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Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
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and let the hills hear your voice.
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2 Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord,
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and you enduring foundations of the earth,
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for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
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and he will contend with Israel.
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3 “O my people, what have I done to you?
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How have I wearied you? Answer me!
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4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
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and redeemed you from the house of slavery,
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and I sent before you Moses,
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Aaron, and Miriam.
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5 O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised,
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and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
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and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
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that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.”
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6 “With what shall I come before the Lord,
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and bow myself before God on high?
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Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
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with calves a year old?
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7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
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with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
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Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
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the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
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8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
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and what does the Lord require of you
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but to do justice, and to love kindness,
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and to walk humbly with your God?
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9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
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and it is sound wisdom to fear your name:
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“Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
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10 Can I forget any longer the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
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and the scant measure that is accursed?
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11 Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales
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and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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12 Your rich men are full of violence;
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your inhabitants speak lies,
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and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
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making you desolate because of your sins.
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14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
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and there shall be hunger within you;
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you shall put away, but not preserve,
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and what you preserve I will give to the sword.
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15 You shall sow, but not reap;
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you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
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you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
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16 For you have kept the statutes of Omri,
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and all the works of the house of Ahab;
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and you have walked in their counsels,
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that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing;
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so you shall bear the scorn of my people.” |