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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="content">let the hills hear what you have to say.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear, you mountains, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s accusation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a case against his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">he is lodging a charge against Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;My people, what have I done to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.6.3"><span class="content">How have I burdened you? Answer me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I brought you up out of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">and redeemed you from the land of slavery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">I sent Moses to lead you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">also Aaron and Miriam.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My people, remember</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">what Balak king of Moab plotted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">and what Balaam son of Beor answered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">that you may know the righteous acts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">With what shall I come before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">and bow down before the exalted God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">with calves a year old?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be pleased with thousands of rams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">And what does the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> require of you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">To act justly and to love mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">and to walk humbly</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudently</span></span></span><span class="content"> with your God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Guilt and Punishment</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Listen! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is calling to the city&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="content">and to fear your name is wisdom&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.6.10"><span class="content">and the short ephah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:10 </span><span class="ft">An ephah was a dry measure.</span></span></span><span class="content"> which is accursed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.6.11"><span class="content">with a bag of false weights?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your rich people are violent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="content">your inhabitants are liars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="content">and their tongues speak deceitfully.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore, I have begun to destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.6.13"><span class="content">to ruin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin</span></span></span><span class="content"> you because of your sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You will eat but not be satisfied;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">your stomach will still be empty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">You will store up but save nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">because what you save</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will give to the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You will plant but not harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="content">you will press olives but not use the oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="content">you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You have observed the statutes of Omri</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">and all the practices of Ahab&#8217;s house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">you have followed their traditions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">Therefore I will give you over to ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">and your people to derision;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.6.16"><span class="content">you will bear the scorn of the nations.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">scorn due my people</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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