Michée 6:12

12 Ses riches sont pleins de violence, Ses habitants profèrent le mensonge, Et leur langue n'est que tromperie dans leur bouche.

Michée 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.

Michée 6:12 In-Context

10 Y a-t-il encore dans la maison du méchant Des trésors iniques, Et un épha trop petit, objet de malédiction?

11 Est-on pur avec des balances fausses, Et avec de faux poids dans le sac?

12 Ses riches sont pleins de violence, Ses habitants profèrent le mensonge, Et leur langue n'est que tromperie dans leur bouche.

13 C'est pourquoi je te frapperai par la souffrance, Je te ravagerai à cause de tes péchés.

14 Tu mangeras sans te rassasier, Et la faim sera au dedans de toi; Tu mettras en réserve et tu ne sauveras pas, Et ce que tu sauveras, je le livrerai à l'épée.