[1] Hear you now what Yahweh says: Arise, contend you before the      
mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. [2] Hear, you	 
mountains, Yahweh`s controversy, and you enduring foundations of       the
earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he	  will
contend with Israel. [3] My people, what have I done to       you? and in
which have I wearied you? testify against me. [4] For I brought you up out
of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you	     out of the house of bondage;
and I sent before you Moses, Aaron,	  and Miriam. [5] My people,
remember now what Balak king of Moab	   devised, and what Balaam the son
of Beor answered him; [remember]       from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may
know the righteous acts of	 Yahweh. [6] How shall I come before
Yahweh, and bow myself	     before the high God? Shall I come before him
with burnt	 offerings, with calves a year old? [7] Will Yahweh be
pleased       with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of
oil?	   Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience, the fruit of my  
    body for the sin of my soul? [8] He has showed you, man, what	is
good; and what does Yahweh require of you, but to do justly,	   and to
love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? [9] The       voice of
Yahweh cries to the city, and [the man of] wisdom will	     see your name:
hear you the rod, and who has appointed it. [10] Are there yet treasures of
wickedness in the house of the wicked,	     and a scant measure that is
abominable? [11] Shall I be pure       with wicked balances, and with a bag
of deceitful weights? [12] For the rich men of it are full of violence, and
the inhabitants       of it have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful
in their       mouth. [13] Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous
      wound; I have made you desolate because of your sins. [14] You	  
shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your humiliation shall be in	the
midst of you: and you shall put away, but shall not save; and	    that
which you save will I give up to the sword. [15] You shall	 sow, but
shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but shall	    not anoint you
with oil; and the vintage, but shall not drink the	 wine. [16] For the
statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works	   of the house of Ahab,
and you walk in their counsels; that I may	 make you a desolation, and
the inhabitants of it a hissing: and	   you shall bear the reproach of
my people.