Mic 6:7 | NET2full | STEP | Will the Lord accept a thousand rams or ten thousand streams of olive oil ? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion , my offspring —my own flesh and blood

‏ Micah 6:7

7 Will the Lord accept a thousand rams
or ten thousand streams of olive oil?
Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion,
my offspring—my own flesh and blood—for my sin? ^{▼▼tn Heb “the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) is often translated “soul,” but the word usually refers to the whole person; here “the sin of my soul” = “my sin.”} ^{▼▼sn Since child sacrifice is forbidden in scripture (Deut 12:31; 18:10), the speaker is revealed to not be in earnest but perhaps sarcastic.}