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VI] :Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
 * The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
 * He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
 * And what doth the Lord require of thee,
 * But to do justly, and to love mercy,
 * And to walk humbly with thy God?


 * The Lord's voice crieth unto the city,
 * And the man of wisdom shall see thy name:
 * Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
 * Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
 * And the scant measure that is abominable?
 * Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances,
 * And with the bag of deceitful weights?
 * For the rich men thereof are full of violence,
 * And the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies,
 * And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
 * Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee,
 * In making thee desolate because of thy sins.
 * Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;
 * And thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee;
 * And thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver;
 * And that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
 * Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;
 * Thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil;