From 69d313f7f07bc2646d32ee50c8949ab588670c6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:11:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update hos/12/07.md --- hos/12/07.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/hos/12/07.md b/hos/12/07.md index b92a5f5de9..d5aad7778c 100644 --- a/hos/12/07.md +++ b/hos/12/07.md @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@ -# General Information: - -Hosea the prophet is speaking about Israel. - # The merchants have deceitful scales in their hands -The phrase "deceitful scales" is a metonym for the merchants who use scales that do not accurately measure the weight of the money or products they are buying or selling so that they can get higher prices for what they sell and lower prices for what they buy. Alternate translation: "These deceitful merchants use the scales in their hands to deceive people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"These deceitful merchants use the scales in their hands to deceive people" # they love to defraud