{"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/drb/micah/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:35:51.560Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested thee? answer thou me. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and delivered thee out of the house of slaves: and I sent before thy face Moses, and Aaron, and Mary. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach the king of Moab purposed: and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Setim to Galgal, that thou mightest know the justices of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year old? "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, and salvation shall be to them that fear thy name: hear, O ye tribes, and who shall approve it? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"As yet there is a fire in the house of the wicked, the treasures of iniquity, and a scant measure full of wrath. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag? "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"By which her rich men were filled with iniquity, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And I therefore began to strike thee with desolation for thy sins. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou shalt eat, but shalt not be filled: and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not save: and those whom thou shalt save, I will give up to the sword. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap: thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not be anointed with the oil: and the new wine, but shalt not drink the wine. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For thou hast kept the statutes of Amri, and all the works of the house of Achab: and thou hast walked according to their wills, that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach of my people. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 6 (DRB)","markdown":"[Micah 6](https://primebible.com/drb/micah/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/micah/6 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}