Hosea 12:7
\12:6\So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
In Context
6\12:5\Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.
8\12:7\As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
Proverbs 16:11True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Isaiah 56:1The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.
Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.
Joel 2:12But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:2-7
The Crimes of Israel and Judah; Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 723.) 1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 2 The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4 Yea, he had power over the… Read the whole commentary →