{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/micah/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:43:50.881Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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 Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in 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?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee; I will make thee desolate because of thy sins."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness shall remain in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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 a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 6 (DBT)","markdown":"[Micah 6](https://primebible.com/dbt/micah/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/micah/6 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}