1 GLT Now listen to what Yahweh says,“Arise, state your case before the mountains; and let the hills hear your voice. BSB BSB: Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
2 GLT Listen to Yahweh’ s lawsuit, you mountains, and you enduring foundations of the earth. For Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people, and he will fight in court against Israel.” BSB BSB: Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
3 GLT “My people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Testify against me! BSB BSB: ‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
4 GLT For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and rescued you out of the house of bondage. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to you. BSB BSB: For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
5 GLT My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and how Balaam son of Beor answered him as you went from Shittim to Gilgal, so you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
6 GLT What should I bring to Yahweh, as I bow down to the high God? Should I come to him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? BSB BSB: With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
7 GLT Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for my own sin? BSB BSB: Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
9 GLT The voice of Yahweh is making a proclamation to the city— even now wisdom acknowledges your name:“Pay attention to the rod, and to the one who has put it in place. BSB BSB: The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
10 GLT There is wealth in the houses of the wicked that is dishonest, and false measures that are abominable. BSB BSB: Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
11 GLT Should I consider a person to be innocent if he uses fraudulent scales, with a bag of deceptive weights? BSB BSB: Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
12 GLT The rich men are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful. BSB BSB: For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
13 GLT Therefore I will strike you with a terrible blow, and I will make you desolate because of your sins. BSB BSB: Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
14 GLT You will eat but not be satisfied; your emptiness will remain inside you. You will store goods away but not save, and what you do save I will give to the sword. BSB BSB: You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.
15 GLT You will sow but not reap; you will tread the olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will press grapes but drink no wine. BSB BSB: You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
16 GLT The regulations made by Omri have been kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab. You walk by their advice. So I will make you, city, a ruin, and you inhabitants an object of hissing, and you will bear the reproach of my people.” BSB BSB: You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”