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.
Compare
- 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.”
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextAmos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
Read in contextPsalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Read in contextHebrews 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.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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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