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11 Should I acquit the scales of wickedness,
    and the sack of dishonest weights?
12 Her wealthy men are full of violence,
    and her inhabitants speak deception,
    and their tongue in their mouth is treachery.
13 Therefore, I have struck you a dreadful blow,
    devastating you because of your sins.

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11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(A)
    with a bag of false weights?(B)
12 Your rich people are violent;(C)
    your inhabitants are liars(D)
    and their tongues speak deceitfully.(E)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(F) you,
    to ruin[a] you because of your sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin