1. Hear ye now what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
2. Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will reprove Israel.
3. O my people, what have I done unto thee? and in what have I wearied thee? testify against me.
4. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt and ransomed thee out of the house of slaves; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5. O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal: that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.
6. With what shall I present myself before the Lord, and how shall I worship the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
7. Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my rebellion, the fruit of my bowels for the sin of my soul?
8. He has declared unto thee, O man, what is good and what the Lord requires of thee: only to do right judgment, and to love mercy, and to humble thyself to walk with thy God.
9. The Lord’s voice cries out unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and he who has established it.
10. Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked and the scant measure that is abominable?
11. Can I be pure with false balances and with a bag of deceitful weights?