Micah 6:11

"Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?"

Key Reflection

Micah 6:11 challenges the idea that wicked individuals can maintain any true prosperity or righteousness. The verse contrasts "treasures of wickedness" with an "ephah," a measure used for grain, described as "short and accursed." This imagery suggests that even material wealth gained through evil deeds is inherently corrupt and ultimately ill-gotten. Such treasures are not only morally tainted but also cursed by God, indicating the futility of wickedness in achieving lasting or genuine success.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Shall I count them pure? -Rather, (as the English margin) “Shall I be pure?” The prophet takes for the time their person and bids them judge themselves in him. If it would defile me, how are ye, with all your other sins, not defiled? All these things were expressly forbidden in the law. “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just him, shall ye have”Leviticus 19:35-36; and, “Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

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