King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 12:7
“[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”
Verse in context — Hosea 12
5
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.
6
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7
[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
9
And I [that am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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