Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye now what the LORD{H3068} saith{H559}{(H8802)}; Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, contend{H7378}{(H8798)} thou before the mountains{H2022}, and let the hills{H1389} hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thy voice{H6963}.

Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye, O mountains{H2022}, the LORD'S{H3068} controversy{H7379}, and ye strong{H386} foundations{H4146} of the earth{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} hath a controversy{H7379} with his people{H5971}, and he will plead{H3198}{(H8691)} with Israel{H3478}.

O my people{H5971}, what have I done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto thee? and wherein have I wearied{H3811}{(H8689)} thee? testify{H6030}{(H8798)} against me.

For I brought thee up{H5927}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and redeemed{H6299}{(H8804)} thee out of the house{H1004} of servants{H5650}; and I sent{H7971}{(H8799)} before{H6440} thee Moses{H4872}, Aaron{H175}, and Miriam{H4813}.

O my people{H5971}, remember{H2142}{(H8798)} now what Balak{H1111} king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} consulted{H3289}{(H8804)}, and what Balaam{H1109} the son{H1121} of Beor{H1160} answered{H6030}{(H8804)} him from Shittim{H7851} unto Gilgal{H1537}; that ye may know{H3045}{(H8800)} the righteousness{H6666} of the LORD{H3068}.

Wherewith shall I come before{H6923}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068}, and bow{H3721}{(H8735)} myself before the high{H4791} God{H430}? shall I come before{H6923}{(H8762)} him with burnt offerings{H5930}, with calves{H5695} of a year{H8141} old{H1121}?

Will the LORD{H3068} be pleased{H7521}{(H8799)} with thousands{H505} of rams{H352}, or with ten thousands{H7233} of rivers{H5158} of oil{H8081}? shall I give{H5414}{(H8799)} my firstborn{H1060} for my transgression{H6588}, the fruit{H6529} of my body{H990} for the sin{H2403} of my soul{H5315}?

He hath shewed{H5046}{(H8689)} thee, O man{H120}, what is good{H2896}; and what doth the LORD{H3068} require{H1875}{(H8802)} of thee, but to do{H6213}{(H8800)} justly{H4941}, and to love{H160} mercy{H2617}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} humbly{H6800}{(H8687)} with thy God{H430}?

The LORD'S{H3068} voice{H6963} crieth{H7121}{(H8799)} unto the city{H5892}, and the man of wisdom{H8454} shall see{H7200}{(H8799)} thy name{H8034}: hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye the rod{H4294}, and who hath appointed{H3259}{(H8804)} it.

Are there{H786} yet the treasures{H214} of wickedness{H7562}{(H8676)}{H376} in the house{H1004} of the wicked{H7563}, and the scant{H7332} measure{H374} that is abominable{H2194}{(H8803)}?

Shall I count them pure{H2135}{(H8799)} with the wicked{H7562} balances{H3976}, and with the bag{H3599} of deceitful{H4820} weights{H68}?

For the rich men{H6223} thereof are full{H4390}{(H8804)} of violence{H2555}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} lies{H8267}, and their tongue{H3956} is deceitful{H7423} in their mouth{H6310}.

Therefore also will I make thee sick{H2470}{(H8689)} in smiting{H5221}{(H8687)} thee, in making thee desolate{H8074}{(H8687)} because of thy sins{H2403}.

Thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8799)}, but not be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}; and thy casting down{H3445} shall be in the midst{H7130} of thee; and thou shalt take hold{H5253}{(H8686)}, but shalt not deliver{H6403}{(H8686)}; and that which thou deliverest{H6403}{(H8762)} will I give up{H5414}{(H8799)} to the sword{H2719}.

Thou shalt sow{H2232}{(H8799)}, but thou shalt not reap{H7114}{(H8799)}; thou shalt tread{H1869}{(H8799)} the olives{H2132}, but thou shalt not anoint{H5480}{(H8799)} thee with oil{H8081}; and sweet wine{H8492}, but shalt not drink{H8354}{(H8799)} wine{H3196}.

For the statutes{H2708} of Omri{H6018} are kept{H8104}{(H8691)}, and all the works{H4639} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}, and ye walk{H3212}{(H8799)} in their counsels{H4156}; that I should make{H5414}{(H8800)} thee a desolation{H8047}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof an hissing{H8322}: therefore ye shall bear{H5375}{(H8799)} the reproach{H2781} of my people{H5971}.