7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,Ten thousand rivers of oil?Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good;And what does the Lord require of youBut to do justly,To love mercy,And to walk humbly with your God?
9 The Lord’s voice cries to the city—Wisdom shall see Your name:“Hear the rod!Who has appointed it?
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickednessIn the house of the wicked,And the short measure that is an abomination?
11 Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales,And with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For her rich men are full of violence,Her inhabitants have spoken lies,And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 “Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you,By making you desolate because of your sins.