Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Ephraim feeds on wind and pursues the east wind, multiplying lies and violence. Jacob deceived his brother and strove with God. But God will make Ephraim live in tents as in the wilderness again. The Lord God of hosts is …
Other Translations
He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Canaan! in his hand <FI>are<Fi> balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Cross References
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, …
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or …
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave …
And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; …
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they …
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of …
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon …