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11 Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?

12 By which her rich men were filled with iniquity, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

13 And I therefore began to strike thee with desolation for thy 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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  1. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin

11 Shall I count pure those with (A)the wicked scales,
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For her rich men are full of (B)violence,
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And (C)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13 “Therefore I will also (D)make you sick by striking you,
By making you desolate because of your sins.

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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 mouth.

13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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11 Shall I acquit the man (A)with wicked scales
    and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Your[a] rich men are (B)full of violence;
    your inhabitants (C)speak lies,
    and (D)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
    (E)making you desolate because of your sins.

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  1. Micah 6:12 Hebrew whose