Hosea 13:12

Modern

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

Traditional

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

Literal

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

Latin

Colligata est iniquitas Ephraim; absconditum peccatum ejus.

Hebrew

English

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

God had carefully stored up the record of Israel’s sin and guilt. He could not escape his punishment.

Deuteronomy 32:34–35
“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
Job 14:17
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Romans 2:5
But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Job 21:19
It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel