He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress. Treasury of Scripture a merchant. or, Canaan. Ezekiel 16:3 And say, Thus said the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Your birth and your nativity is of the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite... Zechariah 14:21 Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts... John 2:16 And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. the balances. Leviticus 19:35,36 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in length, in weight, or in measure... Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work. Amos 8:5,6 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small... Micah 6:10,11 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable... 1 Timothy 6:9,10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts... he loveth. Isaiah 3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor... Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yes... Amos 2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek... Amos 3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria... Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy... Amos 5:11 For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone... Micah 2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it... Micah 3:1-3 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment... Micah 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood... Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers... James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries... oppress. or, deceive. 1 Samuel 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken?...
Context A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, Jacob
1Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 2The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. 3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us; 5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. 6Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually. 7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress. 8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. 9And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. 10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 11Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. 13And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood on him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Darby Bible Translation
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
King James Bible
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Young's Literal Translation
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
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