Micah 6:11

11 Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the 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 Lord's voice cries to the city-- Wisdom shall see Your name: "Hear the Rod! Who has appointed it?

10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness In the house of the wicked, And the short measure that is an abomination?

11 Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?

12 For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13 "Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you, By making you desolate because of your sins.