The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.

The LORD says, "The people of Israel are as dishonest as the Canaanites; they love to cheat their customers with false scales. ... "Now as for the merchant, ...

A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; He loves to oppress.

Hosea 12:7. [He is] a merchant. Here is a change of person from "thou" to "he", from Judah to Ephraim, who is said to be a "merchant"; and if that was all, ...

He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. The businessmen engage in wholesale fraud. They love to rip people off!

Rather than honesty and integrity in Israel, the LORD described its actual state, A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress (vs 7).

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Hosea 12:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900). 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: He loveth to oppress.

One of the key themes in Hosea 12:7 is the warning against the dangers of greed and dishonesty. The verse serves as a reminder of the importance of integrity, ...

A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands. New American Standard Bible A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress.