“ The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. ”
The 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....
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 ).
Hosea 13:1-16 (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1 ). Facilis descensus Averno. Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatry, and therefore shall be swept away as the chaff...
iniquity . perversity. Hebrew. avah. App-44. bound up . tied up, as in. bag. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:32 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ). App-92. hid . reserved.
He says, first, that sealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, and that hidden is his sin; by which words he means, that hypocrites in vain flatter themselves while God suspends his vengeance; f...
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. The 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...
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, &c.— The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up in a bundle: His sin is kept as a deposit. Houbigant. It is laid by as a treasure; it is not forgotten; the time...
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid - treasures, meant to be kept, are bound up and hidden; i:e., do not flatter yourselve...
Israel's Idolatry and its Consequences The main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9 ; Hosea 13:4 ), is the folly of Israel incurring the enmity of God, who ha...
Bound up ... Hid. — The binding up and hiding away of Ephraim’s sin as in a secret place, for ultimate disclosure, prepares us for the terrible words that follow.
THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim? how am I...
to Oppose God Is Destruction Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt. But when we turn to Baal, the emblem of self-con...
In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading be adopted, are both declared. The sin of Ephraim...
All that is here said may be considered as the natural effect of sin, which self-destroyers bring upon themselves. Here is an allusion perhaps to Israel's history, in the case of Saul, king of Israel...
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 se...
The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid. Ver. 12. The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up ] sc. in a bundle, or fardle, or fagot, as the French hath it. And like as all fardles are o...
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up This verse may be better rendered, The iniquity of Ephraim is treasured up, his sin is laid up That is, laid up in my memory, as that which ought to be punish...
The Folly of Israel; Promises of Mercy. B. C. 722. 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy...
The iniquity, in the singular, instead of the plural, all the iniquities and sins, of Ephraim, the kingdom of the ten tribes, is bound up; as indictments drawn up and tied together against the...
Because Ephraim Have Offended So Deeply, And Have Rejected Their Deliverer, Judgment Upon Them Is Inevitable ( Hosea 13:1-16 ). The crimes of Israel are again laid bear. They are guilty of idolatr...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 13:10 . Where ] thy king to save when Assyrians attack cities? Where thy judges who surround the king and help to administer right? God gave and God punished them through...
Hosea 13:1 . When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; When we are little in our own esteem, when we are full of fears concerning ourselves, when we dare not think of boasting,...
Hosea 13:2 . Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.” The Vulgate Latin reads, “Sacrifice the men that w...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the conduct of Israel had been suicidal; that they had b...
The Retribution Coming
Deuteronomy 32:34 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Job 14:17 ; Job 21:19 ; Romans 2:5
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 r...