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13 lines
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Hosea the prophet is speaking about Israel.
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## false scales ##
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They used scales to measure the weight of the money or products they were selling/buying. These scales were not accurate.
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## they love to defraud ##
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These merchants are eager to cheat their customers by lying to them.
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## I have certainly become very rich; I have found wealth for myself ##
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These two phrases mean essentially the same thing (UDB). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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