Hosea 13:12

Hosea 13:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
• New International Version (NIV)The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is kept in store.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up.

Context of Hosea 13:12

10Where now is your king That he may save you [when you are attacked] in all your cities? And your judges of whom you asked, “Give me a king and princes”? 11I gave you a king in My anger, And I took him away in My wrath [as punishment]. The wickedness of Ephraim [which is not yet completely punished] is bound up [as in a bag]; His sin is stored up [for judgment and destruction]. 13The pains of childbirth come on him; But he is not a wise son, For it is not the time to delay [his chance at a new birth] as the womb opens [but he ignores the opportunity to change]. 14Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Shall I redeem them from death? O death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes [because of their failure to repent].

Hosea 13:12 word by word

צָרוּר֙ עֲוֹ֣ן אֶפְרָ֔יִם צְפוּנָ֖ה חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• bound upצָרַרtsârar · to constrainH6887
• his sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• hidצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845

Cross-references for Hosea 13:12

• Deuteronomy 32:34‘Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?
• Job 14:17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my wickedness [from Your view].
• Job 21:19You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’ Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.
• Romans 2:5But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up - It is registered in my court of justice; the death warrant is in store, and will be produced in due time. Though there be not at present the judgment inflicted which such glaring transgressions demand, yet it will surely come. Such crimes cannot go unpunished.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up - (As in a bag or purse, and so, “treasured up”), as Job saith, using the same word, “My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou sewest up mine iniquity.” Job 14:17. “His sin” is “hid” i. e., as people lay up hidden treasure, to be brought out in its season. What Job feared for himself; was to be the portion of Ephraim. All his sins should be counted, laid by, heaped up. No one of them should escape His eye who…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked, that, whether God gives or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12God had carefully stored up the record of Israel’s sin and guilt. He could not escape his punishment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. 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 (Ho 9:9), Ephraim's iniquity is kept as it were safely sealed up, until the due time comes for bringing it forth for punishment (De 32:34; Job 14:17; 21:19; compare Ro 2:5). Opposed to "blotting out the handwriting against" the sinner (Col 2:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 13:12

• Ephraim
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Ransom
• Hosea
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Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings