The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
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Verse 12 is found in chapter 13 of Hosea. Ephraim’s guilt is stored up and his sins are recorded, but the people are compared to a child who fails to emerge at the decisive moment of birth. The image of childbirth describes a crisis requiring an immediate response, yet Ephraim lacks the wisdom to take advantage of it. Judgment does not appear as an arbitrary surprise, but as the culmination of accumulated guilt.
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Die Missetat Ephraims ist zusammengebunden, und seine Sünde ist behalten.
Atada está la maldad de Ephraim; su pecado está guardado.
L'iniquité d'Ephraïm est gardée, Son péché est mis en réserve.
L’iniquità di Efraim è legata in un fascio, il suo peccato è riposto.
A iniqüidade de Efraim está atada, o seu pecado está armazenado.
以法蓮 的罪孽被捲起來, 他的罪惡被收藏起來。
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