Hosea 7:2

But they don't realize that I remember all of their wickedness. Their sins surround them and are always before me.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1when I heal Israel, Ephraim's sins will be exposed, together with the evil actions of Samaria. They deal in lies; they are thieves who break in to homes and who rob people on the outside.

3They make their king happy with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29How I wish they were wise, so they could understand it; they would recognize what was going to happen to them.

Job 34:21For he watches what they're doing and sees everywhere they go.

Psalms 10:11They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”

Psalms 50:22Think again, you people who dismiss God, or I will tear you apart, and no one will be able to save you.

Proverbs 5:21For the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.

Isaiah 5:12At their feasts you have lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine, but you don't ever consider what the Lord is doing, and you don't recognize his help.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:2-8

Charge Drawn up against Israel; The Crimes of the Princes. ( b. c. 750.) 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. 2 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. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are… Read the whole commentary →

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