Hosea 12:7
He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
In Context
6Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels that his rider may fall backward.
1 Samuel 12:3Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.
Proverbs 16:11Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
Isaiah 56:1Thus saith the Lord : Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my justice to be revealed.
Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.
Joel 2:12Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.
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 →