Micah 6:3 “‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wea…”

Micah 6:3

‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

World English Bible

My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

American Standard Version

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

Geneva Bible 1599

O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherin haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.

Darby Translation

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

Young's Literal Translation

O My people, what have I done to thee? And what — have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Bible in Basic English

O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.

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Cross references

“O my”

Psalm 81:13 Psalm 50:7 Micah 6:5 Psalm 81:8

Psalm 81:13 · BSB

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

Psalm 50:7 · BSB

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

Micah 6:5 · BSB

My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

Psalm 81:8 · BSB

Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

“what”

Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 2:31

Jeremiah 2:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.

Jeremiah 2:31 · BSB

You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

“wherein”

Isaiah 43:22 Isaiah 43:23

Isaiah 43:22 · BSB

But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

Isaiah 43:23 · BSB

You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

“testify”

Romans 3:19 Psalm 51:4 Romans 3:4 Romans 3:5

Romans 3:19 · BSB

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Psalm 51:4 · BSB

Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Romans 3:4 · BSB

Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

Romans 3:5 · BSB

But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.

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