Hosea 12:7

Overview - Hosea 12
A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob.
By former favours he exhorts to repentance.
Ephraim's sins provoke God.
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Hosea 12:7  (King James Version)
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
 


a merchant
or, Canaan.
Ezekiel 16:3 ; Zechariah 14:21 ; John 2:16

the balances
Leviticus 19:35 Leviticus 19:36 ; Proverbs 11:1 ; 16:11 Amos 8:5 Amos 8:6 ; Micah 6:10 Micah 6:11 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 1 Timothy 6:10

he loveth
Isaiah 3:5 ; Ezekiel 22:29 ; Amos 2:7 ; 3:9 4:1 5:11 Micah 2:1 ; 3:1-3 7:2
Malachi 3:5 ; James 5:4

oppress
or, deceive.
1 Samuel 12:3