Micah 6:11

11 Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful 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 Yahweh calls to the city ([it is] sound judgment to fear your name): "Hear, [O] staff! Now who has appointed it?

10 Is there any longer a man [in] the house of the wicked treasures of wickedness, and the ephah of scarcity [which is] accursed?

11 Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

12 Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

13 And I also {have made you sick by striking you down}, making [you] desolate because of your sins.