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?
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good.What does the Lord require of you, but to act justly,to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
9 The Lord’s voice calls to the city,and wisdom sees your name:“Listen to the rod,and he who appointed it.
10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,and a short efah that is accursed?
11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales,and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Her rich men are full of violence,her inhabitants speak lies,and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
13 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound.I have made you desolate because of your sins.