Micah On What G-d Himself Require Of You

Not sacrifice! Not firstborn!

Read. Listen. And find out by yourself why and how you are being lied at by the Greek book – New Testament against the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).

“What G-d Ask Of You?”

Listen, you mountains, to the grievance of Hashem, and you bedrock, the foundations of the earth! For Hashem has a grievance with His people, and He will contend with Israel:
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My people, what [wrong] did I do to you and how did I tire you? Testify against Me!
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[You ask,] With what shall I approach Hashem, humble myself before God on high? Shall I approach Him with burnt-offerings, or with calves in their first year?
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Will Hashem be appeased by thousands of rams or with tens of thousands of streams of oil? Shall I give over my firstborn [to atone for] my transgression, or the fruit of my belly [for] the sin of my soul?’
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He has told you, O man, what is good. What does Hashem require of you but to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?
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The voice of Hashem calls out to the [people of the] city; the [man of] wisdom recognizes Your Name: Listen [O Israel,] to the rod of punishment] and to the One Who has ordained it!
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Can I be judged righteous with scales of wickedness, or with a pouch of deceitful weights?
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I have hurt you, as well, by smiting you, bringing desolation for your sins.
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1 Hear now what the Lord says; Rise; contend with the mountains, and may the hills hear My voice.
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord; and you mighty ones, the foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with His people, and with Israel He shall contend.
3 O My people, what have I done, and how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.
4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him. From Shittim to Gilgal, may you recognize the righteous deeds of the Lord.
6 With what shall I come before the Lord, bow before the Most High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with myriad streams of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord demands of you; but to do justice, to love loving-kindness, and to walk discreetly with your God.
9 The voice of the Lord calls out to the city, and the wisdom of the Torah, the one who sees Your name; hearken to the staff and Who appointed it.
10 Does the house of the wicked last long, [or do] the treasures of wickedness? And an ephah of leanness is condemned.
11 Will I merit with scales of wickedness or with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 For the wealthy thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof speak lies, and their tongue is guile in their mouth.
13 Therefore I, too, will smite you with sore wounds and make [you] desolate because of your sins.
14 You shall eat and not be sated, and it shall bend you over in your innards; and you shall overtake, but you shall not rescue, and those whom you rescue I will deliver to the sword.
15 You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and the must; but you shall not drink wine.
16 And the statutes of Omri shall be observed, and every deed of the house of Ahab; and you shall walk in their counsels, in order that I make you an astonishment, and its inhabitants a hissing; and the disgrace of My people you shall bear.