A [a]merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent (A)balances,
Loves to exploit.
And Ephraim said, “I have certainly become (B)rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
(C)No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”
But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you (D)live in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:7 Or Canaanite

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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