10 Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? 11 Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? 12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Micah 6:10–12
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