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\c 6
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\v 1 Pay attention to what Yahweh will say:
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\q1 Micah says to Yahweh, "Stand up in court and accuse the Israelites.
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\q2 Allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say.
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\q1
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\v 2 The mountains must listen carefully to what Yahweh says about his people, so they can be witnesses.
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\q2 Indeed, Yahweh has many things to accuse his people Israel about.
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\q1
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\v 3 He says this: "My people, what have I done to cause trouble for you ?
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\q2 What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties?
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\q1 Answer me!
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\q1
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\v 4 I did great things for your ancestors;
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\q2 I brought them out of Egypt;
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\q2 I rescued them from that land where they were slaves.
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\q1 I sent Moses to lead them,
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\q2 and his older brother Aaron and his older sister Miriam.
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\q1
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\v 5 My people, think about when Balak, the king of Moab, requested Beor's son Balaam to curse your ancestors,
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\q2 and think about what Balaam replied.
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\q1 Think about how your ancestors crossed the Jordan River miraculously while they were traveling from Acacia to Gilgal.
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\q2 Think about those things in order that you may know that I, Yahweh, do what is right."
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\q1
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\v 6 The Israelite people ask, "What shall we bring to Yahweh who lives in heaven
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\q2 when we come to him and bow down before him?
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\q1 Should we bring calves that are a year old
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\q2 that will be offerings that will be killed and completely burned on the altar?
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\q1
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\v 7 Would Yahweh be pleased if we offered to him a thousand rams
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\q2 and ten thousand streams of olive oil?
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\q1 Should we offer our firstborn children to be sacrifices
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\q2 to pay for the sins that we have committed?"
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\q1
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\v 8 No, because he has shown each of us what is good to do;
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\q2 he has shown us what he requires each of us to do:
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\q1 he wants us to do what is just and to love to act mercifully toward others,
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\q2 and he wants us to live humbly while we fellowship with him, our God.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 God says this: "I am Yahweh, so if you are wise, you should honor me.
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\q2 I am calling out to you people of Jerusalem to tell you this:
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\q1 The armies that will destroy your city are coming,
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\q2 so pay careful attention to me, the one who is causing them to punish you with my rod.
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\q1
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\v 10 You wicked people have filled your homes with valuable things
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\q2 that you acquired by cheating others.
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\q1 You use false measures when you buy and sell things.
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\q2 Those are things that I hate.
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\q1
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\v 11 You do not think that I should say nothing about people who use scales that do not weigh correctly,
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\q2 and who use weights that are not accurate, do you?
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\q1
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\v 12 The rich people among you always act violently to get money from poor people.
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\q2 All of the people in Jerusalem are liars,
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\q2 and they always deceive people.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 13 Therefore, I have already begun to get rid of you,
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\q2 to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed.
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\q1
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\v 14 Soon you will eat food, but you will not have enough to satisfy you;
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\q2 your stomachs will still feel as though they are empty.
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\q1 You will try to save up money,
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\q2 but you will be able to save nothing,
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\q1 because I will send your enemies to take it from you in wars.
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\q1
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\v 15 You will plant crops,
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\q2 but you will not harvest anything.
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\q1 You will press olives,
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\q2 but others, not you, will use the olive oil.
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\q1 You will trample on the grapes and make wine from the juice,
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\q2 but others, not you, will drink the wine.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 16 Those things will happen to you because you obey only the wicked laws of King Omri,
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\q2 and you do the terrible things that King Ahab and his descendants commanded.
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\q1 So I will destroy your country,
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\q2 and I will cause the other people groups to despise you, my own people."
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