(A)O you who put far away the day of disaster
    (B)and bring near the seat of violence?

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You put off the day of disaster
    and bring near a reign of terror.(A)

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14 The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the (A)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who (B)have devoured[a] the vineyard,
    (C)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (D)crushing my people,
    by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.

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  1. Isaiah 3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

14 The Lord enters into judgment(A)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder(B) from the poor(C) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(D)
    and grinding(E) the faces of the poor?”(F)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(G)

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10     Can I forget any longer the treasures[a] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
    and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the man (A)with wicked scales
    and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Your[b] rich men are (B)full of violence;
    your inhabitants (C)speak lies,
    and (D)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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  1. Micah 6:10 Or Are there still treasures
  2. Micah 6:12 Hebrew whose

10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
    and the short ephah,[a] which is accursed?(A)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(B)
    with a bag of false weights?(C)
12 Your rich people are violent;(D)
    your inhabitants are liars(E)
    and their tongues speak deceitfully.(F)

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  1. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.