1 Listen now to what the Lord says:“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,and let the hills hear what you have to say.
2 Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s controversy,and you enduring foundations of the earth;for the Lord has a controversy with his people,and he will contend with Israel.
3 My people, what have I done to you?How have I burdened you?Answer me!
4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,and redeemed you out of the house of bondage.I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised,and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal,that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.”
6 How shall I come before the Lord,and bow myself before the exalted God?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams?With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience?The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?