Hosea 12:7

"Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God."

Key Reflection

This passage emphasizes the importance of returning to a righteous relationship with God through acts of kindness and justice while consistently seeking His presence and mercy. By doing so, one aligns with God's nature and ensures continuous faithfulness in both personal conduct and divine worship.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He is a merchant -Or, indignantly, “a merchant in whose hands are the balances of deceit!” How could they love “mercy and justice,” whose trade was “deceit,” who weighed out deceit with their goods? False in their dealings, in their weights and measures, and, by taking advantage of the necessities of others, oppressive also. Deceit is the sin of weakness oppression is the abuse of power. Wealth does not give the power to use naked violence but wealthy covetousness manifoldly grinds the poor.

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