| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. | 1Listen to what the LORD says: "Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say. |
| 2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel: | 2"Hear, you mountains, the LORD's accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against Israel. |
| 3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you! | 3"My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me. |
| 4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam. | 4I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam. |
| 5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’ ” | 5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab plotted and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD." |
| 6With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? | 6With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? |
| 7Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? | 7Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? |
| 8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? | 8He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. |
| 9The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it. | 9Listen! The LORD is calling to the city-- and to fear your name is wisdom-- "Heed the rod and the One who appointed it. |
| 10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? | 10Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed? |
| 11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? | 11Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights? |
| 12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. | 12Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully. |
| 13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins. | 13Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins. |
| 14You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword. | 14You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty. You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword. |
| 15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. | 15You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine. |
| 16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.” | 16You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab's house; you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations." |
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