Hosea 12:8
(12-9) And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7(12-8) As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.'
Psalms 49:6(49-7) Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
Psalms 62:10(62-11) Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said: by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; in that I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and have brought down as one mighty the inhabitants;
Jeremiah 2:35Thou saidst: 'I am innocent; surely His anger is turned away from me' — behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest: 'I have not sinned.'
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:8-14
Reproof for Sin; Judgment Threatened; Memorials of Divine Mercy. ( b. c. 723.) 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. 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used… Read the whole commentary →