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b'Micah 6:1-8\\nHear what the Lord is saying:\\nArise, lay out the lawsuit before the mountains;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0let the hills hear your voice!\\nHear, mountains, the lawsuit of the Lord!\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Hear, eternal foundations of the earth!\\nThe Lord has a lawsuit against his people;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0with Israel he will argue.\\n\\u201cMy people, what did I ever do to you?\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0How have I wearied you? Answer me!\\nI brought you up out of the land of Egypt;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0I redeemed you from the house of slavery.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.\\nMy people, remember what Moab\\u2019s King Balak had planned,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0and how Balaam, Beor\\u2019s son, answered him!\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Remember everything[a] from Shittim to Gilgal,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0that you might learn to recognize the righteous acts of the Lord!\\u201d\\nWith what should I approach the Lord\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0and bow down before God on high?\\nShould I come before him with entirely burned offerings,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0with year-old calves?\\nWill the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0with many torrents of oil?\\nShould I give my oldest child for my crime;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0the fruit of my body for the sin of my spirit?\\nHe has told you, human one, what is good and\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0what the Lord requires from you:\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.\\nThe post What does the Lord require? \\u2013 Micah 6:1-8 appeared first on Queer Theology.'