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Hosea 12:7

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A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

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Verse 7. Chanaan. The Phœnicians were so called, and all merchants. Here the title is given reproachfully ( Calmet.) to all the posterity of Jacob. Bible.—None more ignominious could be used. Daniel 13:56. Thus Rome is styled Babylon.

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