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[He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

He is a merchant - Or, indignantly, a merchant in whose hands are the balances of deceit! How could they love “mercy and justice,” …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

He is a merchant.— The vivid and fierce light of the prophet’s words is obscured in the English version. The rend…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet is now urgently pressing the people. Having referred to the example of the patriarch, he shows how unlike him his descendants were, wit…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[He is] a merchant
Here is a change of person from "thou" to "he", from Judah to Ephraim, who is said to be a "merch…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Ephraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite. They carried on trade on Canaanite principles, covetously and with fraud and deceit…

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