Micah 6:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with myriad streams of oil?
[a] Shall I give my firstborn for my crime,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Footnotes
- 6:7 The questions reach their climax with the possibility of child sacrifice, a practice known in antiquity (cf. 2 Kgs 16:3; 21:6).
Micah 6:7
New International Version
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