Hosea 13:12 · KJV
“The iniquity of Ephraim {is} bound up; his sin {is} hid.”
— Hosea 13:12
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took {him} away in my wrath.
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he {is} an unwise son; for he should not stay long in {the place of} the breaking forth of children. {long: Heb. a time}
Hosea 13 — Context
I will be thy king: where {is any other} that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? {I will...: rather, Where is thy king?}
11I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took {him} away in my wrath.
12The iniquity of Ephraim {is} bound up; his sin {is} hid.
13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he {is} an unwise son; for he should not stay long in {the place of} the breaking forth of children. {long: Heb. a time}
14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. {power: Heb. hand}
Cross References
Job 14:17
My transgression {is} sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Deuteronomy 32:34-35
{Is} not this laid up in store with me, {and} sealed up among my treasures?
Romans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Job 21:19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}