Micah 6:11

11 How can I forgive those who use false scales and 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 ) .
FOOTNOTES:

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

Micah 6:11 In-Context

9 It is wise to fear the Lord. He calls to the city, "Listen, you people who assemble in the city!
10 In the houses of evil people are treasures which they got dishonestly. They use false measures, a thing that I hate.
11 How can I forgive those who use false scales and weights?
12 Your rich people exploit the poor, and all of you are liars.
13 So I have already begun your ruin and destruction because of your sins.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.