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What does Micah 6:11 mean?

"Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?"

— Micah 6:11 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

9

Yahweh’s voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: “Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.

10

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

11

Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

12

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

13

Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

14

You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be within you. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.

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