Micah

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IV. |Jehovah's contention with Israel6:1-16

A. |Taking the past history as a base — vv.|1-5
Micah|6:1|-|Hear now what Jehovah says:Arise, contend before the mountains,And let the hills hear your voice.
Micah|6:2|-|Hear, O mountains, Jehovah’s contention,And you enduring foundations of the earth;For Jehovah has a |a|contention with His people,And with Israel He will dispute.Micah|6:3|-|O My people, what have I done to You?And with what have I wearied you? Testify against Me.Micah|6:4|-|For I |a|brought you up out of the land of Egypt,And from the slave house I redeemed you;And I sent before you Moses,Aaron, and |b|Miriam.Micah|6:5|-|O My people, remember now what Balak the king of Moab counseled,And what |a|Balaam the son of Beor answered him,From |b|Shittim to Gilgal,That you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
B. |Aspiring after Israel's genuine worship and sincere service — vv.|6-8
Micah|6:6|-|With what shall I come before JehovahAnd bow myself before the high God?Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,With one-year-old calves?Micah|6:7|-|Will Jehovah be |a|pleased with thousands of rams,With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?Shall I give my |1|firstborn for my transgression,The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?Micah|6:8|-|He has declared to you, O man, what is good;And what does Jehovah require of you,|1|But that you would execute |a|justice and love mercyAnd walk humbly with your God?
C. |Stating the cause and effect—Israel's sins and Jehovah's punishment — vv.|9-16
Micah|6:9|-|The voice of Jehovah cries out to the city,And wisdom looks upon Your name.Hear the rod and Him who appointed it.
Micah|6:10|-|Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,And a scant measure that is abominable?Micah|6:11|-|Shall I be pure with wicked balancesAnd with a bag of deceitful weights?Micah|6:12|-|For the rich men of |1|the city are full of violence,And those who inhabit it speak falsehood,And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah|6:13|-|Thus I also have made you sick by striking you;I have made you desolate because of your sins.Micah|6:14|-|You will eat, but you will not be satisfied;And your emptiness will remain in the midst of you;And you will take away,But you will not rescue,And what you rescue I will give up to the sword.
Micah|6:15|-|You will |a|sow,But you will not reap;You will tread olives,But you will not anoint yourself with oil,And the new wine,But you will not drink wine.Micah|6:16|-|For the statutes of |a|Omri are kept,And all the works of the house of |b|Ahab;And you walk in their counsels,That I may make you a desolation,And the inhabitants of the city a hissing;And you will bear the reproach of My people.

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