Verse 16
Micah 6:16
World Messianic Bible
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For the statutes of Omri are kept,
and all the works of Ahab’s house.
You walk in their counsels,
that I may make you a ruin,
and her inhabitants a hissing;
And you will bear the reproach of my people.”
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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For the statutes of Omri are kept,
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You walk in their counsels,
th...