Hear now what the Lord says; Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Hear, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and you strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Yisra᾽el.

O my people, what have I done to thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Miżrayim, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moshe, Aharon, and Miryam.

O my people, remember now what Balaq king of Mo᾽av devised, and what Bil῾am, the son of Be῾or answered him: from Shittim to Gilgal; that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.

With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has told thee, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love true loyalty, and to walk humbly with thy God?

The Lord’s voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear the rod, and who has 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 myself pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

For its rich men are full of violence, and its inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Therefore will I smite thee with sore wounds, and blight thee because of thy sins.

Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy sickness shall be in thy inward parts; and thou shalt conceive, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou bringest forth I will give up to the sword.

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

For the statutes of ῾Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Aĥ᾽av, and you walked in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: therefore you shall bear the reproach of my people.