Micah 6:6-15

6With what shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?

7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give 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 do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

9The Lord’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the rod! Who has appointed it?

10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness In the house of the wicked, And the short measure that is an abomination?

11Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?

12For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13“Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you, By making you desolate because of your sins.

14You shall eat, but not be satisfied; Hunger shall be in your midst. You may carry some away, but shall not save them; And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.

15“You shall sow, but not reap; You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.