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Early morning market close-up: anonymous hand tilts a false balance beside another hidden weight, an open quiet doorway behind.
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Zephaniah 3:7

Corruption Instead of Correction

From the Oppressing City to Songs of Restoration · Zephaniah 3

Story guide: A dishonest balance provides an editorial example of corruption; it does not identify a specific recorded transaction.

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7I said, ‘Surely you will fear me; you will accept correction. Then her dwelling would not be cut off, according to all that I had appointed against her.’ But instead, they rose early; they corrupted all their deeds.

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