^{1 Ref} Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: `Rise -- strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.'

^{2 Ref} Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones -- foundations of earth! For a strife `is' to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason.

^{3 Ref} O My people, what have I done to thee? And what -- have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

^{4 Ref} For I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of servants I have ransomed thee, And I send before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

^{5 Ref} O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.'

^{6 Ref} With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?

^{7 Ref} Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born `for' my transgression? The fruit of my body `for' the sin of my soul?

^{8 Ref} He hath declared to thee, O man, what `is' good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

^{9 Ref} A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it.

^{10 Ref} Are there yet `in' the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

^{11 Ref} Do I reckon `it' pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

^{12 Ref} Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

^{13 Ref} And I also, I have begun to smite thee, To make desolate, because of thy sins.

^{14 Ref} Thou -- thou eatest, and thou art not satisfied, And thy pit `is' in thy midst, And thou removest, and dost not deliver, And that which thou deliverest, to a sword I give.

^{15 Ref} Thou -- thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou -- thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine -- and thou drinkest not wine.

^{16 Ref} And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!

^{1 Ref} Listen now to what Yahweh says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear what you have to say.

^{2 Ref} Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, And you enduring foundations of the earth; For Yahweh has a controversy with his people, And he will contend with Israel.

^{3 Ref} My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

^{4 Ref} For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, And redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

^{5 Ref} My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, That you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."

^{6 Ref} How shall I come before Yahweh, And bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?

^{7 Ref} Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

^{8 Ref} He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

^{9 Ref} Yahweh's voice calls to the city, And wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, And he who appointed it.

^{10 Ref} Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a short ephah{An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.} that is accursed?

^{11 Ref} Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?

^{12 Ref} Her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

^{13 Ref} Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

^{14 Ref} You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; And that which you save I will give up to the sword.

^{15 Ref} You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; And crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.

^{16 Ref} For the statutes of Omri are kept, And all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, That I may make you a ruin, And her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."

^{1 Ref} Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

^{2 Ref} Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

^{3 Ref} O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

^{4 Ref} For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

^{5 Ref} O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

^{6 Ref} Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

^{7 Ref} Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

^{8 Ref} He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

^{9 Ref} The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

^{10 Ref} Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

^{11 Ref} Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

^{12 Ref} For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

^{13 Ref} Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

^{14 Ref} Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

^{15 Ref} Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

^{16 Ref} For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.