^{1 Ref} Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.

^{2 Ref} Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.

^{3 Ref} O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.

^{4 Ref} For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

^{5 Ref} O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.