1	Hear# ye now what the LORD saith# ; Arise# , contend# thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear# thy voice. [before: or, with]
			2	Hear# ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead# with Israel.
			3	O my people, what have I done# unto thee? and wherein have I wearied# thee? testify# against me.
			4	For I brought thee up# out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed# thee out of the house of servants; 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	Wherewith 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? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]
			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 transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? [body: Heb. belly]
			8	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? [walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk]
			9	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. [the man...: or, thy name shall see that which is]
			10	Are there yet the treasures of wickedness# # in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable# ? [Are...: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc] [scant...: Heb. measure of leanness]
			11	Shall I count them pure# with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? [count...: or, be pure with, etc]
			12	For the rich men thereof are full# of violence, and the inhabitants# thereof have spoken# lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
			13	Therefore also will I make thee sick# in smiting# thee, in making thee desolate# because of thy sins.
			14	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.
			15	Thou shalt sow# , but thou shalt not reap# ; thou shalt tread# the olives, but thou shalt not anoint# thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink# wine.
			16	For the statutes of Omri are kept# , and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk# in their counsels; that I should make# thee a desolation, and the inhabitants# thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear# the reproach of my people. [For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc] [desolation: or, astonishment]