Hosea 13:12

12 conligata est iniquitas Ephraim absconditum peccatum eius

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 ubi est rex tuus maxime nunc salvet te in omnibus urbibus tuis et iudices tui de quibus dixisti da mihi regem et principes

11 dabo tibi regem in furore meo et auferam in indignatione mea

12 conligata est iniquitas Ephraim absconditum peccatum eius

13 dolores parturientis venient ei ipse filius non sapiens nunc enim non stabit in contritione filiorum

14 de manu mortis liberabo eos de morte redimam eos ero mors tua o mors ero morsus tuus inferne consolatio abscondita est ab oculis meis