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He has told you, human one, what is good and
        what the Lord requires from you:
            to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.

Punishment is near

The voice of the Lord calls out to the city;
        wisdom appears when one fears your name.[a]
        Hear, tribe, and who appointed her![b]
10 Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of wickedness,
        while the shorted basket[c] is denounced?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:9 Heb uncertain
  2. Micah 6:9 Heb uncertain
  3. Micah 6:10 Or ephah, approximately twenty quarts of grain
  4. Micah 6:10 Heb uncertain

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(A) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a](B) with your God.(C)

Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
    and to fear your name is wisdom—
    “Heed the rod(D) and the One who appointed it.[b]
10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
    and the short ephah,[c] which is accursed?(E)

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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.
  3. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.