7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,with many torrents of oil?Should I give my oldest child for my crime;the fruit of my body for the sin of my spirit?
8 He has told you, human one, what is good andwhat the Lord requires from you:to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.
9 The voice of the Lord calls out to the city;wisdom appears when one fears your name.Hear, tribe, and who appointed her!
10 Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of wickedness,while the shorted basket is denounced?
11 Can I approve wicked scales and a bag of false weights
12 in a city whose wealthy are full of violenceand whose inhabitants speak falsehoodwith lying tongues in their mouths?
13 So I have made you sick by striking you!I have struck you because of your sins.