Micah 6:11

11 Should I declare innocent wicked scales and a bag of fraudulent weights?

Micah 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 6:11

Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances
These are the words either of the prophet, or rather of God, signifying that he could not, and would not, allow, countenance, and approve of persons that used false scales or balances; or justify and reckon them just, as they would be thought to be, but condemn them, and pronounce them very wicked men, and deserving of punishment here and hereafter: and with the bag of deceitful weights?
or "stones" ^F15; which were used in weighing goods, and which were deceitful, when a heavier was used in buying, and a lighter in selling. So the Targum,

``and with the bag, in which are weights greater and lesser;''

condemned in ( Deuteronomy 25:13 Deuteronomy 25:14 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (hmrm ynba) "lapidum doli", Piscator; "lapidum fraudis", Montanus.

Micah 6:11 In-Context

9 The voice of ADONAI! He calls to the city - and it is wisdom to fear your name - "Listen to the rod and to him who commissioned it.

10 Are there still ill-gotten gains in the house of the wicked? still the detestable short eifah-measure?

11 Should I declare innocent wicked scales and a bag of fraudulent weights?

12 The rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants tell lies, with tongues of deceit in their mouths.

13 "Therefore, I am starting to strike you down, to destroy you because of your sins.