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There is wealth in the houses of the wicked that is dishonest

Dishonest wealth is a metonym for wealth that people have gained by acting dishonestly. The words "the wicked" refer to wicked people. Houses are a synecdoche for everything a person possesses. Alternate translation: "Wicked people have acted dishonestly to gain wealth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

false measures

incorrect weights that people use with scales to increase their wealth by deceiving those with whom they trade