{"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/erv/micah/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:31:27.303Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth: for the LORD 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":"O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; remember from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The voice of the LORD crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt remove, but shalt not carry away safe; and that which thou carriest away will I give up to the sword."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap: thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the 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 an hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 6 (ERV)","markdown":"[Micah 6](https://primebible.com/erv/micah/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/micah/6 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}