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You must return to your God.
    Maintain loyalty and justice
    and always hope in your God.

A merchant who holds a false balance,
    he loves to extort!
Ephraim has said,
    “How rich I have become;
    I have made a fortune!”(A)
All his gain will not suffice
    for the guilt of his sin.

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The merchant uses dishonest scales(A)
    and loves to defraud.
Ephraim boasts,(B)
    “I am very rich; I have become wealthy.(C)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
    any iniquity or sin.”

“I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt;(D)
I will make you live in tents(E) again,
    as in the days of your appointed festivals.

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