He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. He is a merchant - Or a Canaanite; referring to the Phoenicians, famous for their traffic. Ephraim is as corrupt as those heathenish traffickers were. He kept, as many in all ages have done, a weight and a weight; a heavy one to buy with and a light one to sell by.
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Hosea 12:7
7 He is a merchant,b the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.