Passage
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Micah 6:11 (DBY)
Nearby Context
Micah 6:9 Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Micah 6:10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?
Micah 6:11 Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Micah 6:12 For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah 6:13 Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "shall", "pure", "unjust", "balances", "deceitful", and "weights". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "pure", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Are there yet treasures of wickedness in..." into verse 12's "For her rich men are full of...", so "shall" and "pure" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "pure" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.