Micah 6:3

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My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

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  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
  • Ps 81:13 : 13 So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts to follow their own counsels.
  • Isa 43:22-23 : 22 Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob; you have grown weary of Me, Israel. 23 You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.
  • Ps 50:7 : 7 Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’
  • Mic 6:5 : 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.
  • Rom 3:4-5 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged." 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.)
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
  • Ps 81:8 : 8 In your distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you from the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

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  • Mic 6:4-6
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    4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam ahead of you.

    5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.

    6With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?

  • Mic 6:1-2
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    77%

    1Listen now to what the Lord says: "Arise, present your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice."

    2Hear, O mountains, the Lord's lawsuit, and you enduring foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against His people, and He will dispute with Israel.

  • 8In your distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you from the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

  • 7Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

  • 29Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me,” declares the LORD.

  • 31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’

  • 17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • Num 11:11-12
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    11So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me?

    12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them? Why do You tell me to carry them in my arms, like a nurse carries an infant, to the land You promised their ancestors?

  • Isa 43:22-24
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    22Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob; you have grown weary of Me, Israel.

    23You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.

    24You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened Me with your sins and wearied Me with your iniquities.

  • 13Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you?

  • 10When you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD declared such a great calamity against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

  • Exod 5:22-23
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    22Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why did you send me?"

    23Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."

  • 12When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts?

  • 1Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:

  • 6Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he dealt severely with them, didn’t they let the Israelites go, and they departed?

  • Jer 2:5-7
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    5This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

    6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

    7I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and its bounty. But you came and defiled my land. You made my inheritance detestable.

  • 27I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may observe and test their ways.

  • 6Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, your Creator, the One who made you and established you?

  • 25Did you bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

  • 7For I earnestly warned your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt until this very day, persistently saying: Listen to my voice.

  • 6I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

  • Exod 17:3-4
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    70%

    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

  • 2I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

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    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?"

    12Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent concerning this disaster against your people.

  • 15'Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?' declares the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.

  • 6'You have rejected Me,' declares the LORD. 'You keep going backward. So I have stretched out My hand against you and destroyed you; I am tired of relenting.'

  • 5And now, what do I have here? declares the LORD. My people have been taken away for nothing, and their rulers mock, declares the LORD. And all day long, my name is constantly blasphemed.

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    3Otherwise, they will tear me apart like a lion, ripping me to pieces with no one to rescue.

  • 10'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

  • 1This is what the LORD says: Where is the certificate of divorce for your mother, whom I sent away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Behold, because of your sins, you were sold, and because of your transgressions, your mother was sent away.

  • 8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

  • 20Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:

  • 17You still set yourself against my people and refuse to let them go.

  • 8the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites, who said to them, 'This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt and out of the house of slavery.

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    3Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking with fear.

  • 4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

  • 11I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

  • 13You say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it with contempt, says the LORD of Hosts. When you bring stolen, lame, or sick animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands? says the LORD.