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11 Can I tolerate wicked scales
    and a bag of dishonest weights?
12 Your[a] wealthy are full of violence;
    your[b] inhabitants speak lies,
    with tongues of deceit in their mouths.
13 Therefore I have begun[c] to strike you down,
    making you desolate because of your sins.

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  1. Micah 6:12 Heb Whose
  2. Micah 6:12 Heb whose
  3. Micah 6:13 Gk Syr Vg: Heb have made sick

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