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God's Perfect Record
Commentators unanimously explain that sin being "bound up" and "laid up in store" is like placing items in a sealed bag or treasure chest. God is not forgetting or ignoring sin; He is keeping a perfect record. This imagery serves as a solemn warning that divine patience should never be mistaken for divine approval, as a day of accounting is certain for unrepented sin.
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Hosea
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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 13:12
18th Century
Theologian
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up - (As in a bag or purse, and so, “treasured up”), as Job says, using the same word, My transgression…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 13:12
19th Century
Bishop
Bound up ... Hid.— The binding up and hiding away of Ephraim’s sin as in a secret place, for ultimate disclosure,…
Charles Spurgeon
On Hosea 13:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
How sadly true this is! Sin seems to be bound up in our very nature. It is hard to find it; it is hidden away; and when we discover some of it, and…
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John Calvin
On Hosea 13:12–13
16th Century
Theologian
He says, first, that sealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, and that hidden is his sin; by which words he means that hypocrites flatt…
John Gill
On Hosea 13:12
17th Century
Pastor
The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid .
] Which Kimchi restrains to the sin of the calves, and w…
Matthew Henry
On Hosea 13:9–16
17th Century
Minister
Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case…