“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah wrote in the 8th century BC when Israel's religious life had become elaborate ritual without moral substance — sacrifices and ceremonies performed by people who exploited the poor and lived without integrity. His answer to the question 'what does God require?' is three things stripped of all complexity: justice, kindness, humility.
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