The iniquity
5771 {5771} Primeעָוֹן`avon{aw-vone'}
From H5753; perversity, that is, (moral) evil.
of
´Efrayim
אֶפרַיִם
669 {0669} Primeאֶפְרַיִם'Ephrayim{ef-rah'-yim}
Dual of a masculine form of H0672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.
[ is] bound up;
6887 {6887} Primeצָרַרtsarar{tsaw-rar'}
A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitively or intransitively.
z8803 <8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815) Count - 1415
his sin
2403 {2403} Primeחַטָּאָהchatta'ah{khat-taw-aw'}
From H2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender.
[ is] hid.
6845 {6845} Primeצָפַןtsaphan{tsaw-fan'}
A primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk.
z8803 <8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815) Count - 1415 |
Hosea 13:12
_ _ bound up ... hid — Treasures, meant to be kept, are bound up and hidden; that is, do not flatter yourselves, because of the delay, that I have forgotten your sin. Nay (Hosea 9:9), Ephraim’s iniquity is kept as it were safely sealed up, until the due time comes for bringing it forth for punishment (Deuteronomy 32:34; Job 14:17; Job 21:19; compare Romans 2:5). Opposed to “blotting out the handwriting against” the sinner (Colossians 2:14). |
Hosea 13:12
Is bound up — As sins unpardoned; for to loose sins is to forgive, and to bind sins is to charge them upon the sinner, Matthew 16:19. Hid — Not from God, but laid up with God against the day of recompense. |
Hosea 13:12
The iniquity of Ephraim [is] (h) bound up; his sin [is] hid.
(h) It is surely laid up to be punished, as in (Jeremiah 17:1). |
Deuteronomy 32:34- 35 [ Is] not this laid up in store with me, [ and] sealed up among my treasures? ... To me [ belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in [ due] time: for the day of their calamity [ is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Job 14:17 My transgression [ is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Job 21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [ it].
Romans 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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