Hosea 12:7
Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
In Context
6And you, through your God, turn, || Keep kindness and judgment, || And wait on your God continually.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I [am]; testify against me before YHWH, and before His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose donkey have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide my eyes with it? And I restore [it] to you.”
Proverbs 16:11A just beam and balances [are] YHWH’s, || All the stones of the bag [are] His work.
Isaiah 56:1Thus said YHWH: “Keep judgment, and do righteousness, || For My salvation [is] near to come, || And My righteousness to be revealed.”
Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, || And have taken plunder away violently, || And have oppressed humble and needy, || And oppressed the sojourner without judgment.
Joel 2:12“And also now,” a declaration of YHWH, || “Turn back to Me with all your heart, || And with fasting, and with weeping, || And with lamentation.”
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 →