1Hear ye what Jehovah saith! Arise, contend thou before the mountains, And let the hills hear thy voice!

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Jeremiah 22:29, Jeremiah 22:29, Deuteronomy 32:1, Deuteronomy 32:1, Micah 1:2

2Hear, O ye mountains, the controversy of Jehovah! Hear, ye strong foundations of the earth! For Jehovah hath a controversy with his people; He contendeth with Israel.

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Hosea 4:1, Hosea 12:2, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 12:2, Isaiah 1:18

3"O my people, what have I done to thee, And wherein have I offended thee? Testify against me!

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Jeremiah 2:5, Jeremiah 2:5, Isaiah 43:22, Isaiah 43:23, Isaiah 43:22

4I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of bondage I redeemed thee; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, to go before thee.

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Exodus 12:51, Deuteronomy 7:8, Exodus 12:51, Deuteronomy 7:8, Amos 2:10

5O my people, remember what Balak the king of Moab devised. And what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, What happened from Shittim to Gilgal, That ye may know the mercies of Jehovah."

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Numbers 25:1, Joshua 5:9, Joshua 5:10, Numbers 25:1, Joshua 5:9

6Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, And bow myself before the most high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old?

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Psalms 51:16, Psalms 51:17, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3, Psalms 51:16

7Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for the sin of my soul, The fruit of my body for my transgression?

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2 Kings 16:3, 2 Kings 16:3, Psalms 51:16, 1 Samuel 15:22, Psalms 51:16

8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; What doth Jehovah require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly before thy God?

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Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:13, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:13, Proverbs 21:3

9The voice of Jehovah crieth to the city, And the man of wisdom will discern thee; Hear ye the rod, and who hath threatened it!

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Hosea 14:9, Zephaniah 3:2, Revelation 3:19, Isaiah 30:27, Hosea 14:9

10Are there not yet in the houses of the unrighteous the treasures of iniquity, And the scanty measure, which is abominable?

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Amos 3:10, Amos 3:10, Amos 8:5, Amos 8:6, Proverbs 20:10

11Shall I count her pure with the wicked balances, And with the bag of deceitful weights?

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Hosea 12:7, Hosea 12:7, Leviticus 19:36, Leviticus 19:36, Proverbs 16:11

12For her rich men are full of violence, And her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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Hosea 7:13, Isaiah 1:23, Jeremiah 9:8, Hosea 7:13, Isaiah 1:23

13Therefore will I sorely smite thee, And make thee desolate on account of thy sins.

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Acts 12:23, Leviticus 26:16, Hosea 13:16, Psalms 107:17, Psalms 107:18

14Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied, And hunger shall be within thee. Thou shalt remove, but shalt not save, And what thou savest will I give up to the sword.

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Hosea 4:10, Hosea 4:10, Leviticus 26:26, Haggai 1:6, Isaiah 65:13

15Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; Thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, And the grapes, but shalt not drink the wine.

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Zephaniah 1:13, Zephaniah 1:13, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:11, Jeremiah 12:13

16For ye keep the statutes of Omri, And all the works of the house of Ahab, And walk in their devices; Therefore will I make thee a desolation, And thine inhabitants a derision; And ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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Jeremiah 51:51, Jeremiah 51:51, Jeremiah 7:24, 1 Kings 16:25, 1 Kings 16:33