The Meaning of Micah 6:10 Explained

Micah 6:10

KJV: Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

YLT: Are there yet in the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

Darby: Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?

ASV: Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Are there  yet the treasures  of wickedness  in the house  of the wicked,  and the scant  measure  [that is] abominable? 

What does Micah 6:10 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Lord asked if there was still anyone in the wicked house of Judah who had treasures that he or she had accumulated through wicked behavior. For example, was there any seller who used a small ephah, one that was less than a true ephah? If Song of Solomon , this was evidence of not acting justly ( Micah 6:8; cf. Leviticus 19:35-36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Amos 8:5). The ephah was a basket that held about six gallons of dry produce. Using a slightly smaller basket robbed the buyer of some product that he was purchasing for the price of an ephah. The implication of the question is that this practice was common in Jerusalem.

Context Summary

Micah 6:1-16 - "what Doth The Lord Require Of Thee?"
In Micah 6:1-4 the prophet returns from his vision of the future to the actual condition of his people, which was utterly desperate. The mountains, as the most enduring monuments of nature, are summoned as witnesses in the great trial between Jehovah and His people. Like Israel, we have been delivered from the house of bondage with infinite love, but how wayward and willful we have been! Micah 6:5-8 prove the impotence of a religion which is only external.
Few have known more sublime truth than Baalim, Micah 6:5, but he loved the wages of unrighteousness; and this eclipsed the divine radiance that became overcast and finally overwhelmed. Micah 6:9-11 reveal the fruitlessness of a life of sin. Sooner or later nature herself becomes unresponsive-sowing, but no harvest; the treading of the press, but no juice. The only path to real satisfaction and peace is in the love and faithful service of God. Why are we so slow to tread it? [source]

Chapter Summary: Micah 6

1  God's punishment for ingratitude;
6  for ignorance,
10  for injustice;
16  and for idolatry

What do the individual words in Micah 6:10 mean?

Yet Are there in the house of the wicked the treasures of wickedness and the measure short [that is] an abomination
ע֗וֹד הַאִשׁ֙ בֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע אֹצְר֖וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע וְאֵיפַ֥ת רָז֖וֹן ؟ זְעוּמָֽה

ע֗וֹד  Yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
הַאִשׁ֙  Are  there 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
בֵּ֣ית  in  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
רָשָׁ֔ע  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
אֹצְר֖וֹת  the  treasures 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֹוצָר  
Sense: treasure, storehouse.
רֶ֑שַׁע  of  wickedness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶשַׁע  
Sense: wrong, wickedness, guilt.
וְאֵיפַ֥ת  and  the  measure 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֵיפָה  
Sense: ephah.
רָז֖וֹן  short 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רָזׄון  
Sense: leanness, scantness, wasting.
؟ זְעוּמָֽה  [that  is]  an  abomination 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: זָעַם  
Sense: to denounce, express indignation, be indignant.