"A false balance is abomination to the Lord". This shows that items in this life of flesh offend the Lord. Imagine he were walking in a market and saw a scale that was made to show false weights, weights heavier than actual. You and I would not know the scales read false, but the Lord would know. This very scale, and the one who uses it, is abomination to him. I would not like to stand next to that scale in a lightning storm. With every false ounce shown it thrusts the one using it further from God. The lying scale here will make the sin of adultery over there easy to do. The scale cheats money. The adultery will end the marriage, destroy the family, and scatter the possessions the false scale was meant to acquire.
The Lord finds the scale offensive. It was rude and inconsiderate to have it before him (not to mention degrading and dangerous.)
The wise the just scale is the Lord’s delight, it gives him pleasure. He is pleased when he walks by and sees it. It’s easy to please the Lord. Don’t stand close to a bad scale.
