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Micah Chapter 6

God’s controversy with his people for their sins


6:1 Listen now to what YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
says; Get up, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
6:2
Listen, y’all mountains to the grievance of  YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
and [ya’ll] enduring foundations of the earth: because YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has a quarrel with His people, and He will reason with Israel.
6:3 O My people, what have I done to y’all? and how have I made y’all tired? Testify against me.
6:4 Because I brought y’all up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed y’all out of the house of slaves; and I sent y’all Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” For more info click here
, Aaron Aaron is an English masculine given name. The ‘h’ phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation “Aharon” (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. The brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha’i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate “aha rw” meaning “warrior lion”, For more info click here, and Miriamמִרְיָם
Mīryām, lit. ‘Rebellion’) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. for more info click here
before you.
6:5 O my people,
now remember what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal; that ya’ll may recognize the righteous acts of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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6:6 With what shall I approach YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and humble myself before the El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
on high? Will I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves in their first year?
6:7 Shall YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Will I give my firstborn [to atone for] my transgression, the fruit of my belly [for] the sin of my soul?
6:8
He has declared to y’all, O man,  what [is] good; and what [does] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
require of y’all, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
6:9 The voice of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
‘s calls to the city, and the man [of] wisdom fears Your Name: hear ya’ll the rod [of punishment], and to the One Who has appointed it.
6:10 Are there yet stories of wickedness in the house of the wicked one, or a leanness of measure?
6:11 Will I be judged righteous with wicked scales, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
6:12 For the rich men are full of thievery, and the inhabitants of it have spoken falsehood, and their tongues speak a lies.
6:13 So also will I make [y’all] sick in strike y’all, in making y’all desolate because of your sins.
6:14 You will eat, but not be satisfied; and your hunger [will] be in the middle of y’all; and you will stoop over because of your entrails; you will conceive but not deliver, those you do deliver will I give up to the sword.
6:15 You will sow, but not reap; you will tread the olives, but not anoint y’all with oil; and new wine, but not drink wine.
6:16 Because the statutes of Omri and all the deeds of the house of Ahab, and ya’ll follow their counsels; so that I should make y’all to [be an] astonishment,its inhabitants [to be a cause for] whistling: So ya’ll will bear the shame of My people.

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