Micah 6:12

For the oisher (the wealthy) thereof are full of chamas (violence), + 6:12 See Moshiach without chamas, Isa 53:9 1 and the inhabitants thereof have spoken sheker, 1 and their leshon (tongue) is remiyah (guile) in their mouth. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

In Context

11Shall I acquit the one with dishonest scales, 1 and with the bag of mirmah (deceitful) weights? + 6:11 T.N. see Moshiach without mirmah, Isa 53:9 1

13Therefore also will I make thee sick in striking thee, 1 in making thee desolate because of chattotecha. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 120:2Save my nefesh, Hashem, from sefat sheker (lying lips), 1 and from lashon remiyyah (a tongue of deceit). 1

Isaiah 3:8For Yerushalayim is ruined, 1 and Yehudah fallen; 1 because their leshon and their deeds are against Hashem, 1 to provoke the eyes of His kavod. 1

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled and polluted with dahm, 1 and your fingers with avon (iniquity); 1 your lips have spoken sheker, 1 your leshon (tongue) hath muttered avlah (perverseness, wickedness, iniquity, lashon hora). 1

Jeremiah 5:26For among Ami are found resha'im; 1 they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; 1 they set a mashkhit (trap), they catch anashim. 1

Jeremiah 9:2And they bend to the ready their leshon like their keshet (bow) for sheker; 1 but not for emunah have they prevailed in ha'aretz; 1 for they proceed from ra'ah to ra'ah, 1 and they know not Me, saith Hashem. 1

Ezekiel 22:6Hinei, the nasi'im (rulers) of Yisroel, every one has used his zero'a (arm, power) for shefach dahm in thee.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:10-16

Accusations and Threatenings. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The Lord 's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their… Read the whole commentary →

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