t in any of these things.

5:11. And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all
thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and
there shall be no divinations in thee.

5:12. And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues, out of the
midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

5:13. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: and will
crush thy cities.

5:14. And I will execute vengeance in wrath, and in indignation, among
all the nations that have not given ear.

Micheas Chapter 6

God expostulates with the Jews for their ingratitude and sins: for which
they shall be punished.

6:1. Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment
against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

The mountains, etc... That is, the great ones, the princes of the
people.

6:2. Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong
foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his
people, and he will plead against Israel.

6:3. O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested
thee? answer thou me.

6:4. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and delivered thee
out of the house of slaves: and I sent before thy face Moses, and Aaron,
and Mary.

6:5. O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach, the king of Moab,
purposed: and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, from Setim to
Galgal, that thou mightest know the justice of the Lord.

From Setim to Galgal... He puts them in mind of the favour he did them,
in not suffering them to be quite destroyed by the evil purpose of
Balach, and the wicked counsel of Balaam: and then gives them a hint of
the wonders he wrought, in order to bring them into the land of Promise,
by stopping the course of the Jordan, in their march from Setim to
Galgal.

6:6. What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I
kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves
of a year old?

What shall I offer, etc... This is spoken in the person of the people,
desiring to be informed what they are to do to please God.

6:7. May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many
thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

6:8. I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth
of thee: Verily to do jud