Verse 12

Micah 6:12

Bible in Basic English

12 For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲשִׁירֶ֨י/הָ֙ מָלְא֣וּ חָמָ֔ס וְ/יֹשְׁבֶ֖י/הָ דִּבְּרוּ שָׁ֑קֶר וּ/לְשׁוֹנָ֖/ם רְמִיָּ֥ה בְּ/פִי/הֶֽם

English Translation

Those who are rich are full of violence, and its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, and their tongues are deceit in their mouth.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voi... Focus ↗

2 Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord... Focus ↗

3 O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me. Focus ↗

4 For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before yo... Focus ↗

5 O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam,... Focus ↗

6 With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God (Elohim)? am I to c... Focus ↗

7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my... Focus ↗

8 He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing... Focus ↗

9 The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town. Focus ↗

10 Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed? Focus ↗

11 Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment? Focus ↗

12 For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is fals...

13 So I have made a start with your punishment; I have made you waste because of your sins. Focus ↗

14 You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved,... Focus ↗

15 You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodie... Focus ↗

16 For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided... Focus ↗

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