¹³ Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

¹² There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

²⁰ He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

³ He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, `as he that offereth' swine's blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:

⁴ I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.

⁹ But in vain do they worship me, Teaching `as their' doctrines the precepts of men.

¹³ But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

² They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

⁹ I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

² For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

³ For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.