--- title: Micah 6 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Micah chapter 6 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Micah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/) / chapter 6 # Micah 6 16 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.1/) — שִׁמְעוּ־נָא אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֹמֵר קוּם רִיב אֶת־הֶהָרִים וְתִשְׁמַעְנָה הַגְּבָעוֹת קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ — Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. - [6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.2/) — שִׁמְעוּ הָרִים אֶת־רִיב יְהוָה וְהָאֵתָנִים מֹסְדֵי אָרֶץ כִּי רִיב לַֽיהוָה עִם־עַמּוֹ וְעִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִתְוַכָּֽח׃ — Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel. - [6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.3/) — עַמִּי מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי לְךָ וּמָה הֶלְאֵתִיךָ עֲנֵה בִּֽי׃ — O My people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me. - [6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.4/) — כִּי הֶעֱלִתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּמִבֵּית עֲבָדִים פְּדִיתִיךָ וָאֶשְׁלַח לְפָנֶיךָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָֽם׃ — For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. - [6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.5/) — עַמִּי זְכָר־נָא מַה־יָּעַץ בָּלָק מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב וּמֶה־עָנָה אֹתוֹ בִּלְעָם בֶּן־בְּעוֹר מִן־הַשִּׁטִּים עַד־הַגִּלְגָּל לְמַעַן דַּעַת צִדְקוֹת יְהוָֽה׃ — O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD. - [6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.6/) — בַּמָּה אֲקַדֵּם יְהוָה אִכַּף לֵאלֹהֵי מָרוֹם הַאֲקַדְּמֶנּוּ בְעוֹלוֹת בַּעֲגָלִים בְּנֵי שָׁנָֽה׃ — 'Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? - [6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.7/) — הֲיִרְצֶה יְהוָה בְּאַלְפֵי אֵילִים בְּרִֽבְבוֹת נַֽחֲלֵי־שָׁמֶן הַאֶתֵּן בְּכוֹרִי פִּשְׁעִי פְּרִי בִטְנִי חַטַּאת נַפְשִֽׁי׃ — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?' - [6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.8/) — הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם מַה־טּוֹב וּמָֽה־יְהוָה דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ כִּי אִם־עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם־אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃פ — It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. - [6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.9/) — קוֹל יְהוָה לָעִיר יִקְרָא וְתוּשִׁיָּה יִרְאֶה שְׁמֶךָ שִׁמְעוּ מַטֶּה וּמִי יְעָדָֽהּ׃ — Hark! the LORD crieth unto the city — and it is wisdom to have regard for Thy name — hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. - [6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.10/) — עוֹד הַאִשׁ בֵּית רָשָׁע אֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע וְאֵיפַת רָזוֹן זְעוּמָֽה׃ — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? - [6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.11/) — הַאֶזְכֶּה בְּמֹאזְנֵי רֶשַׁע וּבְכִיס אַבְנֵי מִרְמָֽה׃ — 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?' - [6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.12/) — אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׁירֶיהָ מָלְאוּ חָמָס וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ דִּבְּרוּ־שָׁקֶר וּלְשׁוֹנָם רְמִיָּה בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ — For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. - [6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.13/) — וְגַם־אֲנִי הֶחֱלֵיתִי הַכּוֹתֶךָ הַשְׁמֵם עַל־חַטֹּאתֶֽךָ׃ — Therefore I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins. - [6:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.14/) — אַתָּה תֹאכַל וְלֹא תִשְׂבָּע וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ בְּקִרְבֶּךָ וְתַסֵּג וְלֹא תַפְלִיט וַאֲשֶׁר תְּפַלֵּט לַחֶרֶב אֶתֵּֽן׃ — Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy sickness shall be in thine inward parts; and thou shalt conceive, but shalt not bring forth; and whomsoever thou bringest forth will I give up to the sword. - [6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.15/) — אַתָּה תִזְרַע וְלֹא תִקְצוֹר אַתָּה תִדְרֹֽךְ־זַיִת וְלֹא־תָסוּךְ שֶׁמֶן וְתִירוֹשׁ וְלֹא תִשְׁתֶּה־יָּֽיִן׃ — Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink wine. - [6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.16/) — וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּר חֻקּוֹת עָמְרִי וְכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה בֵית־אַחְאָב וַתֵּלְכוּ בְּמֹֽעֲצוֹתָם לְמַעַן תִּתִּי אֹתְךָ לְשַׁמָּה וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ לִשְׁרֵקָה וְחֶרְפַּת עַמִּי תִּשָּֽׂאוּ׃פ — For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee an astonishment, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of My people. - ← previous: [Micah 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/5/) - next →: [Micah 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/7/) - ↑ back to [Micah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/)