Mica 6:12

12 Ihre Reichen sind voll Gewalttat, und ihre Bewohner reden Lügen, und ihre Zunge ist Trug in ihrem Munde!

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Mica 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence
That is, the rich men of the city, to whom the voice of the Lord cried, ( Micah 6:9 ) . Jerusalem or Samaria, or any or all the cities of Israel and Judah; the rich men of these cities, who had enough of the world, and were under no temptation to do an ill thing, to get money; and yet their hands and their houses, and their treasuries, as the Targum, were full of goods gotten by violent measures, by the oppression of the poor and needy: and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies;
the rest of the inhabitants, who were not so rich as others, and who had it not in the power of their hands to oppress as others had; yet used deceitful and fraudulent methods to cheat their neighbours in buying and selling; and, to do this, did not stick to tell downright deliberate lies: and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth;
say one thing, and mean another; deceive their neighbours with their tongues in trade and commerce; averting things for truth they know to be false.

Mica 6:12 In-Context

10 Sind noch im Hause des Gesetzlosen Schätze der Gesetzlosigkeit und das knappe, verfluchte Epha?
11 "Sollte ich rein sein bei der Waage der Gesetzlosigkeit und bei einem Beutel mit betrügerischen Gewichtsteinen?"
12 Ihre Reichen sind voll Gewalttat, und ihre Bewohner reden Lügen, und ihre Zunge ist Trug in ihrem Munde!
13 So will auch ich dich unheilbar schlagen, dich verwüsten um deiner Sünden willen.
14 Du wirst essen, aber nicht satt werden; und dein Inneres wird leer bleiben. Und du wirst fortschaffen und nicht retten; und was du rettest, werde ich dem Schwerte hingeben.
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