1 H earH8085 ye now what JehovahH3068 saith:H559 Arise,H6965 contendH7378 thou before the mountains,H2022 and let the hillsH1389 hearH8085 thy voice.H6963
2 Hear,H8085 O ye mountains,H2022 Jehovah'sH3068 controversy,H7379 and ye enduringH386 foundationsH4146 of the earth;H776 for JehovahH3068 hath a controversyH7379 with his people,H5971 and he will contendH3198 with Israel.H3478
3 O my people,H5971 what have I doneH6213 unto thee? and wherein have I weariedH3811 thee? testifyH6030 against me.
4 For I brought thee upH5927 out of the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 and redeemedH6299 thee out of the houseH1004 of bondage;H5650 and I sentH7971 beforeH6440 thee Moses,H4872 Aaron,H175 and Miriam.H4813
5 O my people,H5971 rememberH2142 now what BalakH1111 kingH4428 of MoabH4124 devised,H3289 and what BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 answeredH6030 him; [remember] from ShittimH7851 unto Gilgal,H1537 that ye may knowH3045 the righteousH6666 acts of Jehovah.H3068
6 Wherewith shall I come beforeH6923 Jehovah,H3068 and bowH3721 myself before the highH4791 God?H430 shall I come beforeH6923 him with burnt-offerings,H5930 with calvesH5695 a yearH8141 old?H1121
7 will JehovahH3068 be pleasedH7521 with thousandsH505 of rams,H352 [or] with ten thousandsH7233 of riversH5158 of oil?H8081 shall I giveH5414 my first-bornH1060 for my transgression,H6588 the fruitH6529 of my bodyH990 for the sinH2403 of my soul?H5315
8 He hath showedH5046 thee, O man,H120 what is good;H2896 and what doth JehovahH3068 requireH1875 of thee, but to doH6213 justly,H4941 and to loveH160 kindness,H2617 and to walkH3212 humblyH6800 with thy God?H430
9 The voiceH6963 of JehovahH3068 criethH7121 unto the city,H5892 and [the man of] wisdomH8454 will seeH7200 thy name:H8034 hearH8085 ye the rod,H4294 and who hath appointedH3259 it.
10 Are thereH786 yet treasuresH214 of wickednessH7562 in the houseH1004 of the wicked,H7563 and a scantH7332 measureH374 that is abominable?H2194
11 Shall I be pureH2135 with wickedH7562 balances,H3976 and with a bagH3599 of deceitfulH4820 weights?H68
12 For the rich menH6223 thereof are fullH4390 of violence,H2555 and the inhabitantsH3427 thereof have spokenH1696 lies,H8267 and their tongueH3956 is deceitfulH7423 in their mouth.H6310
13 Therefore I also have smittenH2470 thee with a grievous wound;H5221 I have made thee desolateH8074 because of thy sins.H2403
14 Thou shalt eat,H398 but not be satisfied;H7646 and thy humiliationH3445 shall be in the midstH7130 of thee: and thou shalt put away,H5253 but shalt not save;H6403 and that which thou savestH6403 will I give upH5414 to the sword.H2719
15 Thou shalt sow,H2232 but shalt not reap;H7114 thou shalt treadH1869 the olives,H2132 but shalt not anointH5480 thee with oil;H8081 and the vintage,H8492 but shalt not drinkH8354 the wine.H8492
16 For the statutesH2708 of OmriH6018 are kept,H8104 and all the worksH4639 of the houseH1004 of Ahab,H256 and ye walkH3212 in their counsels;H4156 that I may makeH5414 thee a desolation,H8047 and the inhabitantsH3427 thereof a hissing:H8322 and ye shall bearH5375 the reproachH2781 of my people.H5971