“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”
Hosea 12:7 (KJV) |
Hosea 12:7
From Hosea 12, in the Book of Hosea (Old Testament).
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Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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.
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.