Verse 16
Micah 6:16
Bible in Basic English
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For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞ר חֻקּ֣וֹת עָמְרִ֗י וְ/כֹל֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה בֵית אַחְאָ֔ב וַ/תֵּלְכ֖וּ בְּ/מֹֽעֲצוֹתָ֑/ם לְמַעַן֩ תִּתִּ֨/י אֹתְ/ךָ֜ לְ/שַׁמָּ֗ה וְ/יֹשְׁבֶ֨י/הָ֙ לִ/שְׁרֵקָ֔ה וְ/חֶרְפַּ֥ת עַמִּ֖/י תִּשָּֽׂאוּ
English Translation
And you shall keep the statutes of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you shall walk in their counsel so that you may become a desolation and the inhabitants thereof a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach of my people.
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