OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV MIC Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7
OET-RV MIC 6 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16
This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
6 Now listen to what Yahweh says,
“Take action, present your case to the mountains.
≈ and let the hills hear your voice.
2 Listen to Yahweh’s lawsuit, you mountains,
≈ and you enduring foundations of the earth,
because Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people,
≈ and he’ll present evidence against Yisrael (Israel).”
3 “My people, what have I done to you?
4 I rescued you out of slavery
≈ and brought you out of Mitsrayim (Egypt).[ref]
I sent Mosheh (Moses), Aharon (Aaron),[ref] and Miryam (Miriam)[ref] to you.
5 My people, remember what Moav’s (Moab’s) King Balak devised,
and how Be’or’s son Bil’am (Balaam) answered that king[ref]
as you went from Shitim to Gilgal.[ref]
Think about that so you can know Yahweh’s righteous actions.”
6 What should I bring to Yahweh,
≈ as I bow down to the high God?
Should I come to him with burnt offerings,
7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,
≈ or with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Should I sacrifice my oldest child to pay for my disobedience—
≈ my biological offspring to pay for my own sin?
8 He has told humanity what is good,
≈ and what Yahweh requires from you:
Act justly,
and walk humbly with your god.[ref]
9 Yahweh is making an announcement to the city—
even now wisdom is calling out to you:
“Pay attention to the rod of punishment,
and to the one who has put it in place.
10 There’s dishonest wealth in wicked people’s houses,
along with hated false weights and measures.
11 Should I consider people to be innocent if they use fraudulent scales
or a bag of deceptive weights?
12 The city’s rich men are full of violence,
the inhabitants have spoken lies,
and you can’t believe a word that they say.
13 Therefore I’ll strike you with a terrible blow,
and I’ll make you into a desolate country because of your sins.
14 You’ll eat but not be satisfied—your emptiness will remain inside you.
≈ You’ll store goods away but not be able to save them, and what you do save I will be taken by force.
15 You’ll sow, but not harvest.
≈ You’ll tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with their oil.
≈ You’ll press grapes, but not drink the wine.
16 As a city, you’ve kept the regulations made by King Omri,[ref]
≈ and behaved similarly to Ahav’s evil descendants.[ref]
You walk by their advice, so I’ll make you into a ruin.
People will hiss at your inhabitants,
