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MICAH
- Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
- The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- 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?
- The Lord's voice crieth unto the city,
- And the man of wisdom shall see thy name:
- Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
- Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
- And the scant measure that is abominable?
- Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances,
- And with the bag of deceitful weights?
- For the rich men thereof are full of violence,
- And the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies,
- And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
- Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee,
- In making thee desolate because of thy sins.
- Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;
- And thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee;
- And thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver;
- And that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
- Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;
- Thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil;
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