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Hear, you hills, the judgment of the Lord, and you ravines, foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a case against his people, and he will argue it out with Israel.
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned against you, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, from the reeds as far as Galgal, so that the righteousness of the Lord might be known.
Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or tens of thousands of torrents of fat? Shall I give my firstborn for my ungodliness, the fruit of my womb for the sin of my soul?
It has been told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord seeks from you: nothing but to do justice and to love mercy and to be ready to walk with the Lord your God.
You shall eat but not be satisfied; and it shall grow dark within you; and he shall turn aside, and you shall not be brought safely through; and whoever is brought safely through shall be delivered to the sword.
You shall sow but not reap; you shall press the olive but not anoint yourself with oil; and wine, but you shall not drink; and the ordinances of my people shall be wiped out.
And you kept the statutes of Zambri and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walked in their counsels, so that I might deliver you to desolation and her inhabitants to hissing; and you shall bear the reproaches of peoples.