Hosea 7:2

But it never crosses their minds that I remember their wickedness. Now their misdeeds surround them, they are always before my face.

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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 would heal Israel, then Ephrain’s guilt is revealed, and Samaria’s crimes are seen, how they practise fraud and the thief enters in, while outside bandits plunder.

3Their wickedness amuses the king, and their lying gladdens the princes,

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Cross References

Psalms 10:11The wicked say in their hearts that God has forgotten, has hidden his face, will see nothing.

Psalms 50:22“Now you who forget God, mark this, lest I rend you, past hope of deliverance.

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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