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“Jacob is a tricky merchant.[a] He even cheats his friend! Even his scales[b] lie. Ephraim said, ‘I am rich! I have found true riches! No one will learn about my crimes. No one will learn about my sins.’

“But I am still the Lord your God, as I was when you left the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents, as you do during the Festival of Shelters.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:7 Jacob … merchant Literally, “Cannan.”
  2. Hosea 12:7 scales Or “balances,” a tool for weighing things.
  3. Hosea 12:9 as … Shelters Literally, “as in the days of meeting.” This might also refer to the meeting of God with his people in the Holy Tent (see “Holy Tent” in the Word List) during their wandering in the desert.

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