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Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams?
    Will he take delight in 10,000 rivers of olive oil?
Should we offer our oldest sons
    for the wrong things we’ve done?
Should we sacrifice our own children
    to pay for our sins?”

The Lord has shown you what is good.
    He has told you what he requires of you.
You must act with justice.
    You must love to show mercy.
And you must be humble as you live in the sight of your God.

The Lord Will Punish His Guilty People

The Lord is calling out to Jerusalem.
    And it would be wise to pay attention to him.
He says, “Listen, tribe of Judah
    and you people who are gathered in the city.

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Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,(A)
    with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?(B)
Shall I offer my firstborn(C) for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?(D)
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(E) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a](F) with your God.(G)

Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
    and to fear your name is wisdom—
    “Heed the rod(H) and the One who appointed it.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:8 Or prudently
  2. Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.