Hosea 12:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ This was the Lord God Almighty—the Lord is the name by which he is to be worshiped. ⁶ So now, descendants of Jacob, trust in your God and return to him. Be loyal and just, and wait patiently for your God to act.

Further Words of Judgment

⁷ The Lord says, “The people of Israel are as dishonest as the Canaanites; they love to cheat their customers with false scales.