The Meaning of Hosea 13:12 Explained

Hosea 13:12

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

YLT: Bound up is the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden is his sin,

Darby: The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store.

ASV: The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Hosea 13:12 Mean?

Verse Meaning

God would not forget Israel"s sins. Its iniquities were rolled up (Heb. sarar) in a bundle like a scroll and stored up (Heb. sapan) like a treasure. They stood as hard evidence that condemned the nation.

Context Summary

Hosea 13:1-14 - To Oppose God Is Destruction
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-confidence, we pass as the morning cloud the dew, the chaff, and the smoke.
In Hosea 13:4 we again get the sweet strain of early memory. God had not changed and was waiting to save. They had refused His help and had destroyed themselves, and He who would have done His best for them had been constrained to act as though He were a lion, a leopard, or a bear. In the wilderness we are thankful enough for His help, but when we reach the land of the vine and olive, we follow the devices and desires of our own hearts.
What a magnificent outburst is that which declares the divine intention to ransom even from death and the grave! We all know the New Testament setting of these words. Our Savior by His death destroyed him that had the power of death. He is death's plague and the grave's destruction. The sting of death is sin, but Jesus has borne sin away. The strength of sin is a violated law, but He has fulfilled the law. He is more than conqueror, and the soul that is one with Him shall share His triumph. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 13

1  Ephraim's glory vanishes
4  God's anger
9  God's mercy
15  The judgment of Samaria

What do the individual words in Hosea 13:12 mean?

[is] bound up the iniquity of Ephraim [is] stored up His sin
צָרוּר֙ עֲוֺ֣ן אֶפְרָ֔יִם צְפוּנָ֖ה חַטָּאתֽוֹ

צָרוּר֙  [is]  bound  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: צָרַר 
Sense: to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound.
עֲוֺ֣ן  the  iniquity 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
אֶפְרָ֔יִם  of  Ephraim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶפְרַיִם  
Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
צְפוּנָ֖ה  [is]  stored  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: צָפַן 
Sense: to hide, treasure, treasure or store up.
חַטָּאתֽוֹ  His  sin 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.

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