Miqueas 6:11-16

11 ¿Cómo podré tolerar a tus mercaderes
que usan balanzas y pesas adulteradas?

12 Los ricos entre ustedes llegaron a tener mucho dinero
mediante la extorsión y la violencia.
Tus habitantes están tan acostumbrados a mentir,
que su lengua ya no puede decir la verdad.

13 »¡Por lo tanto, yo te heriré!
Te dejaré en la ruina a causa de todos tus pecados.

14 Comerás pero no quedarás satisfecho.
Las punzadas de hambre y el vacío de tu estómago no cesarán.
Aunque intentes ahorrar dinero,
al final no te quedará nada.
Guardarás un poco,
pero se lo daré a tus conquistadores.

15 Sembrarás
pero no cosecharás.
Prensarás tus aceitunas
pero no obtendrás aceite suficiente para ungirte.
Pisarás las uvas
pero no conseguirás sacarles jugo para hacer vino.

16 ¡Tú respetas solo las leyes del malvado rey Omri;
sigues solo el ejemplo del perverso rey Acab!
Por lo tanto, haré de ti un ejemplo,
llevándote a la ruina.
Serás tratado con desprecio,
ridiculizado por todos los que te vean».

Miqueas 6:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 6

This chapter contains reproofs of the people of Israel for their sins, threatening them with punishment for them. The prophet is bid to tell them of the controversy the Lord had with them, which he did, Mic 6:1,2; and the Lord calls upon them to declare if they had any thing to object to his attitude towards them, Mic 6:3; and then puts them in mind of the favours they had received from him, in bringing them out of Egypt, and giving them such useful persons to go before them, lead and instruct them, as he had, Mic 6:4; and also reminds them of what passed between Balak, king of Moab, and Balaam the soothsayer; the questions of the one, and the answer of the other; whereby the designs of the former against them were frustrated, Mic 6:5-8; but since the voice of the Lord by his prophet was disregarded by them, they are called upon to hearken to the voice of his rod, Mic 6:9; which should be laid upon them for their fraudulent dealings, injustice, oppression, lies, and deceit, Mic 6:10-12; and therefore are threatened with sickness and desolation, and a deprivation of all good things, the fruit of their labours, Mic 6:13-15; and that because the statutes of Omri, the works of Ahab, and their counsels, were observed by them, Mic 6:16.