Bible, Ethician Version
Micah
Mic.2
[1] Woe to them
that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light,
they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
[2] And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and
take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his
heritage.
Mic.3
[2] Who hate the
good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their
flesh from off their bones;
[3] Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off
them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and
as flesh within the caldron.
[4] Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he
will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves
ill in their doings.
Mic.6
[8] He hath
shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but
to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
[9] The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall
see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
[10] Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the
wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
[11] Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag
of deceitful weights?
[12] For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants
thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
[13] Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making
thee desolate because of thy sins.
[14] Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be
in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that
which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
[15] Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the
olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not
drink wine.
Mic.7
[1] Woe is me!
for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of
the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
[2] The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright
among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with
a net.
[3] That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh,
and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his
mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
[4] The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a
thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be
their perplexity.
[5] Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the
doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
[6] For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against
her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are
the men of his own house.
[7] Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me.
[8] Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;
when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
[17] They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of
their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God,
and shall fear because of thee.
[18] Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth
by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger
for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
[19] He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue
our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.