11 Can I excuse wicked scales
or bags of deceptive weights?(A)
12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence,(B)
and its residents speak lies;(C)
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.(D)

13 “As a result, I have begun to strike you severely,[a](E)
bringing desolation because of your sins.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:13 LXX, Aq, Theod, Syr, Vg; MT reads I have made you sick by striking you down

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