Micah 6:9-16

Israel’s Guilt and Punishment 9Listen! The LORD is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it. The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

10Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, An ephah was a dry measure. which is accursed?

11Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?

12Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.

13Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin you because of your sins.

14You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. You will store up but save nothing, because what you save Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth I will give to the sword.

15You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine. 16You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations. Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people ”