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Hosea 12:7 KJV
Hosea · chapter 12 · verse 7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.Hosea 12:7 · King James Version
Hosea 12:7 in context
5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8And 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.
9And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- merchantKᵉnaʻanKenaan, a son a HamH3667 →
- balancesmôʼzêna pair of scalesH3976 →
- deceitmirmâhfraudH4820 →
- lovethʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
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Here are intermixed, in these verses, I. Reproofs for sin. When God is coming forth to contend with a people, that he may demonstrate his own righteousness, he will demonstrate their unrighteousness. Ephraim was called to turn to his God and keep judgment (Hos 12:6);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-14