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Hosea 12:7

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a merchant: or, Canaan, Ezekiel 16:3; Zechariah 14:21; John 2:16

the balances: Leviticus 19:35-36; Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11; Amos 8:5-6; Micah 6:10-11; 1 Timothy 6:9-10

he loveth: Isaiah 3:5; Ezekiel 22:29; Amos 2:7, Amos 3:9, Amos 4:1, Amos 5:11; Micah 2:1, Micah 3:1-3, Micah 7:2; Malachi 3:5; James 5:4

oppress: or, deceive, 1 Samuel 12:3

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