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?