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6:1  Listen to what the Lord has to say: Arise and state your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
6:2  Hearken, you mountains, to the Lord’s accusations; listen, you foundations that support the earth. For the Lord has a case against his people; he intends to present it to Israel.
6:3  O my people, what, have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
6:4  For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the place of slavery, and I sent as your leaders Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
6:5  My people, remember the plan that Balak, the king of Moab, devised, and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him. Recall also your journey from Shittim to Gilgal so that you may know the saving justice of the Lord.
6:6  With what will I come before the Lord when I bow down before God on high? Will I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
6:7  Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Should I offer my firstborn son for my transgressions, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
6:8  The Lord has told you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? Only this: to do what is right, to show mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
6:9  Consider carefully what the Lord cries out to the city, for to fear his name is a mark of wisdom:
6:10  “Listen, you tribe of assembled citizens! How can I ignore the false measure and the accursed short bushel?
6:11  Can I overlook rigged scales or a bag of fraudulent weights?
6:12  The wealthy men of the city are steeped in violence; its inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
6:13  Therefore, I intend to strike you with devastation because of your sins.
6:14  You will eat but not be satisfied, for your stomach will continue to experience hunger. You will acquire but be unable to save, and what you do save, I will deliver up to the sword.
6:15  You will sow but you will not reap; you will press the olives but you will not anoint yourself with oil; you will tread the grapes but you will not drink the wine.
6:16  For you have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of the house of Ahab; you have adopted all their policies. Therefore, I will make your land desolate and your citizens an object of scorn. From this time on you will endure the scorn of other nations.”