“Ephraim’s guilt has been collected, and his sin has been stored up for punishment.
Parallel translations
- WEB The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
- KJV The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
- BSB The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
- NKJV “Theiniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up.
- NASB ¶The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up; His sin is stored up.
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Quick answer
Ephraim's guilt and sin are stored up, kept in reserve for the day of reckoning. It teaches that unrepented sin accumulates toward judgment.
Overview
The picture of sin being bound up and stored suggests a record being kept until punishment is due. Israel's iniquity is neither forgotten nor overlooked. This solemn truth heightens the need for the atonement that alone can blot out stored guilt, anticipating the forgiveness secured in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Deut 32:34–35“Isn’t this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?
- Job 14:17My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.
- Rom 2:5But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
- Job 21:19You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
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