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1. Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
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1. Hear H8085 ye now H4994 H853 what H834 the LORD H3068 saith H559 ; Arise H6965 , contend H7378 thou before H854 the mountains H2022 , and let the hills H1389 hear H8085 thy voice H6963 .
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2. Hear ye, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye valleys even the foundations of the earth: for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and will plead with Israel.
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2. Hear H8085 ye , O mountains H2022 , H853 the LORD H3068 's controversy H7379 , and ye strong H386 foundations H4146 of the earth H776 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath a controversy H7379 with H5973 his people H5971 , and he will plead H3198 with H5973 Israel H3478 .
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3. O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I grieved thee? or wherein have I troubled thee? answer me.
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3. O my people H5971 , what H4100 have I done H6213 unto thee? and wherein H4100 have I wearied H3811 thee? testify H6030 against me.
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4. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, and sent before thee Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam.
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4. For H3588 I brought thee up H5927 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , and redeemed H6299 thee out of the house H4480 H1004 of servants H5650 ; and I sent H7971 before H6440 thee H853 Moses H4872 , Aaron H175 , and Miriam H4813 .
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5. O my people, remember now, what counsel Balac king of Moab took against thee, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Galgal; that the righteousness of the Lord might be known.
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5. O my people H5971 , remember H2142 now H4994 what H4100 Balak H1111 king H4428 of Moab H4124 consulted H3289 , and what H4100 Balaam H1109 the son H1121 of Beor H1160 answered H6030 him from H4480 Shittim H7851 unto H5704 Gilgal H1537 ; that H4616 ye may know H3045 the righteousness H6666 of the LORD H3068 .
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6. Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, and lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old?
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6. Wherewith H4100 shall I come before H6923 the LORD H3068 , and bow myself H3721 before the high H4791 God H430 ? shall I come before H6923 him with burnt offerings H5930 , with calves H5695 of a year H8141 old H1121 ?
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7. Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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7. Will the LORD H3068 be pleased H7521 with thousands H505 of rams H352 , or with ten thousands H7233 of rivers H5158 of oil H8081 ? shall I give H5414 my firstborn H1060 for my transgression H6588 , the fruit H6529 of my body H990 for the sin H2403 of my soul H5315 ?
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8. Has it not been told thee, O man, what is good? or what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord thy God?
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8. He hath showed H5046 thee , O man H120 , what H4100 is good H2896 ; and what H4100 doth the LORD H3068 require H1875 of H4480 thee, but H3588 H518 to do H6213 justly H4941 , and to love H157 mercy H2617 , and to walk H1980 humbly H6800 with H5973 thy God H430 ?
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9. The Lord’s voice shall be proclaimed in the city, and he shall save those that fear his name: hear, Heb. Jbv ambiguous O tribe; and who shall order the city?
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9. The LORD H3068 's voice H6963 crieth H7121 unto the city H5892 , and the man of wisdom H8454 shall see H7200 thy name H8034 : hear H8085 ye the rod H4294 , and who H4310 hath appointed H3259 it.
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10. Is there not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and that with the pride of unrighteousness?
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10. Are there H786 yet H5750 the treasures H214 of wickedness H7562 in the house H1004 of the wicked H7563 , and the scant H7332 measure H374 that is abominable H2194 ?
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11. Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,
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11. Shall I count them pure H2135 with the wicked H7562 balances H3976 , and with the bag H3599 of deceitful H4820 weights H68 ?
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12. whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in Gr. it the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth?
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12. For H834 the rich men H6223 thereof are full H4390 of violence H2555 , and the inhabitants H3427 thereof have spoken H1696 lies H8267 , and their tongue H3956 is deceitful H7423 in their mouth H6310 .
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13. Therefore will I begin to smite thee; I will destroy thee in thy sins.
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13. Therefore also H1571 will I H589 make thee sick H2470 in smiting H5221 thee , in making thee desolate H8074 because of H5921 thy sins H2403 .
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14. Thou shalt eat, and shalt not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness upon thee; and he shall depart from thee, and thou shalt not escape; and all that shall escape shall be delivered over to the sword.
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14. Thou H859 shalt eat H398 , but not H3808 be satisfied H7646 ; and thy casting down H3445 shall be in the midst H7130 of thee ; and thou shalt take hold H5253 , but shalt not H3808 deliver H6403 ; and that which H834 thou deliverest H6403 will I give up H5414 to the sword H2719 .
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15. Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt press the olive, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and shalt make wine, but ye shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.
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15. Thou H859 shalt sow H2232 , but thou shalt not H3808 reap H7114 ; thou H859 shalt tread H1869 the olives H2132 , but thou shalt not H3808 anoint H5480 thee with oil H8081 ; and sweet wine H8492 , but shalt not H3808 drink H8354 wine H3196 .
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16. For thou hast kept the statues of Zambri, and done all the works of the house of Achaab; and ye have walked in their ways, that I might deliver thee to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of nations.
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16. For the statutes H2708 of Omri H6018 are kept H8104 , and all H3605 the works H4639 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 , and ye walk H1980 in their counsels H4156 ; that H4616 I should make H5414 thee a desolation H8047 , and the inhabitants H3427 thereof a hissing H8322 : therefore ye shall bear H5375 the reproach H2781 of my people H5971 .
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