Hosea 13:12

12 Ephraim, your guilt is piling up. I am keeping a record of all of your sins.

Hosea 13:12 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 13:12

The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid.
] Which Kimchi restrains to the sin of the calves, and worshipping them; and others to the request of a king, the context speaks of: but it seems best to understand it in a more general sense of these, with all other sins, which were bound up, and not loosed, or were not remitted and forgiven, they being impenitent, and persisting in their sins; and which were bound up as in a bag or purse, in order to be opened and brought forth in proper time in open court, and be took cognizance of in a judiciary way; with which agrees an expression in ( Job 14:17 ) ; or which were laid up among the treasures of divine omniscience, in the mind of God, and not forgotten by him, as they might be thought to be, and would in due time be brought to light, and vengeance took on them. So the Targum,

``the sins of the house of Ephraim are treasured up; they are reserved to punish all their offences;''

see ( Deuteronomy 32:34 ) .

Hosea 13:12 In-Context

10 Where is your king? Wasn't he supposed to save you? Where are the rulers in all of your towns? You said, 'Give us a king and princes.'

11 So I became angry and gave you a king. Then I took him away from you.

12 Ephraim, your guilt is piling up. I am keeping a record of all of your sins.

13 You will suffer pain like a woman having a baby. You are like a foolish child. It is time for you to be born. But you refuse to come out of your mother's body.

14 "I will set you free from the power of the grave. I will save you from death. Death, where are your plagues? Grave, where is your power to destroy? "Ephraim, I will no longer pity you.