Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 12:7
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Hosea12:7
7 ¶ He is a merchant , the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress .
Ephraim, of whom here, is so far from being Iacob, or as Iacob, that you may call and account him a Canaanite, a subtile Merchant.
What he cannot gain by fair Trading, he will by down right cheating, he is covetous, and very unjust.
Where violence, calumnies, and false accusations, are needful to compass his covetous and couzening designs, he will not stick at them; this way of gain he loveth, his heart is upon it, though God hate the false balance, and false witness, and the violent man, yet Ephraim loves them all for his gain.
Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] Canaan.; [illegible: 1 word] deceive.
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