Micah 6:1–9

¹Hear now what the LORD says:

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your voice.

²Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment,

you enduring foundations of the earth.

For the LORD has a case against His people,

and He will argue it against Israel:

³‘My people, what have I done to you?

Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

⁴For I brought you up from the land of Egypt

and redeemed you from the house of slavery.

I sent Moses before you,

as well as Aaron and Miriam.

⁵My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled

and what Balaam son of Beor answered.

Remember your journey from Shittim^a to Gilgal,

so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

⁶With what shall I come before the LORD

when I bow before the God on high?

Should I come to Him with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

⁷Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,

with ten thousand rivers of oil?

Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸He has shown you, O man, what is good.

And what does the LORD require of you

but to act justly, to love mercy,

and to walk humbly with your God?

⁹The voice of the LORD calls out to the city

(and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name):

“Heed the rod

and the One who ordained it.