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Micah 6
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| 6:1
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains,
and let the hills hear thy voice. |
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| 6:2
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. |
"Ye strong foundations of the earth."
The earth is set upon foundations and does not move.
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| 6:3
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee?
testify against me. |
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| 6:4
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. |
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| 6:5
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. |
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| 6:6
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? |
 (6:6-7)
"Shall I come before him with burnt offerings?"
Does God desire animal sacrifices?
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| 6:7 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? |
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| 6:8
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? |
"What is good but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly?"
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| 6:9
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. |
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| 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and
the scant measure that is abominable? |
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| 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of
deceitful weights? |
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| 6:12
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof
have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. |
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| 6:13
Therefore also will I make thee
sick in smiting thee, in making thee
desolate because of thy sins. |
(6:13-16)
God will make his people sick, hungry, and desolate. Those who
survive he will "give up to the sword."
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| 6:14
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.
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| 6:15
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. |
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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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