Miqueas 6:12

12 Porque los ricos de la ciudad están llenos de violencia, sus habitantes hablan mentiras y su lengua es engañosa en su boca.

Miqueas 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence
That is, the rich men of the city, to whom the voice of the Lord cried, ( Micah 6:9 ) . Jerusalem or Samaria, or any or all the cities of Israel and Judah; the rich men of these cities, who had enough of the world, and were under no temptation to do an ill thing, to get money; and yet their hands and their houses, and their treasuries, as the Targum, were full of goods gotten by violent measures, by the oppression of the poor and needy: and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies;
the rest of the inhabitants, who were not so rich as others, and who had it not in the power of their hands to oppress as others had; yet used deceitful and fraudulent methods to cheat their neighbours in buying and selling; and, to do this, did not stick to tell downright deliberate lies: and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth;
say one thing, and mean another; deceive their neighbours with their tongues in trade and commerce; averting things for truth they know to be false.

Miqueas 6:12 In-Context

10 ¿Hay todavía alguien en casa del impío con tesoros de impiedad y medida escasa que es maldita?

11 ¿Puedo justificar balanzas falsas y bolsa de pesas engañosas?

12 Porque los ricos de la ciudad están llenos de violencia, sus habitantes hablan mentiras y su lengua es engañosa en su boca.

13 Por eso yo también te haré enfermar, hiriéndote, asolándote por tus pecados.

14 Tú comerás, pero no te saciarás, y tu vileza estará en medio de ti. Apartarás, pero nada salvarás, y lo que salves, yo lo entregaré a la espada.