Micah 6:11 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Micah 6:9 The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, and salvation shall be to them that fear thy name: hear O ye tribes, and who shall approve it?

Micah 6:10 As yet there is a fire in the house of the wicked, the treasures of iniquity, and a scant measure full of wrath.

Micah 6:11 Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?

Micah 6:12 By which her rich men were filled with iniquity, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

Micah 6:13 And I therefore began to strike thee with desolation for thy sins.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "justify", "wicked", "balances", "deceitful", and "weights". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "justify", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "As yet there is a fire in..." into verse 12's "By which her rich men were filled...", so "shall" and "justify" 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 "justify" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.