New American Standard Bible 1995

Micah 6:9-15

9The voice of the Lord will call to the city-- And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name: “Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed 1its time?10Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of 2wickedness And a 3 4short measure that is cursed?11Can I justify wicked 5scales And a bag of deceptive weights?12For the rich men of the 6city are full of 7violence, Her residents speak 8lies, And their 9tongue is deceitful in their mouth.13So also I will make you 10sick, striking you down, 11Desolating you because of your sins.14You will eat, but you will 12not be satisfied, And your 13vileness will be in your midst. You will try to remove for safekeeping, But you will 14not preserve anything, And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.15You will sow but you will 15not reap. You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil; And the grapes, but you will 16not drink wine.

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Notes

1. Micah 6:9 Lit it ↩
2. Micah 6:10 Jer 5:26, 27; Amos 3:10 ↩
3. Micah 6:10 Lit shrunken ephah ↩
4. Micah 6:10 Ezek 45:9, 10; Amos 8:5 ↩
5. Micah 6:11 Lev 19:36; Hos 12:7 ↩
6. Micah 6:12 Lit her ↩
7. Micah 6:12 Is 1:23; 5:7; Amos 6:3, 4; Mic 2:1, 2 ↩
8. Micah 6:12 Jer 9:2-6, 8; Hos 7:13; Amos 2:4 ↩
9. Micah 6:12 Is 3:8 ↩
10. Micah 6:13 Mic 1:9 ↩
11. Micah 6:13 Is 1:7; 6:11 ↩
12. Micah 6:14 Is 9:20 ↩
13. Micah 6:14 Or possibly garbage or excreta ↩
14. Micah 6:14 Is 30:6 ↩
15. Micah 6:15 Deut 28:38-40; Jer 12:13 ↩
16. Micah 6:15 Amos 5:11; Zeph 1:13 ↩

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