Hosea 7:2

1 When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

3 They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
KJV
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
WEB
They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.
ASV
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
DARBY
And they say not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
BLB
And they do not tell their hearts [that] all their evil I remember. Now their deeds have surrounded them; they are before My face.
ÅB
Og de tenker ikke på at jeg kommer all deres ondskap i hu; nå har deres gjerninger omringet dem, de er kommet for mitt åsyn.
OTB
Og de tenker ikke i sine hjerter
At jeg er klar over all deres ondskap.
Nå er deres gjerninger rundt dem;
De er foran mine øyne.
B1930
Og de tenker ikke på at jeg kommer all deres ondskap i hu; nu har deres gjerninger omringet dem, de er kommet for mitt åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 12:2

    There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

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  • Jeremiah 14:10

    This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

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  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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  • Amos 8:7

    The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

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  • Psalms 90:8

    You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

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  • Hebrews 4:13

    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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  • Jeremiah 16:17

    For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

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