Hosea 7:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבַל־יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ לִלְבָבָ֔ם כָּל־רָעָתָ֖ם זָכָ֑רְתִּי עַתָּה֙ סְבָב֣וּם מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם נֶ֥גֶד פָּנַ֖י הָיֽוּ׃

Transliteration

ûḇal-yōʾmərû lilḇāḇām all-rāʿātām zāḵārətî ʿattâ səḇāḇûm maʿaləlêhem neḡeḏ pānay hāyû.

Grammar Details

*ûḇal*: conjunction + negative particle - and not/lest
*yōʾmərû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they say/think
*lilḇāḇām*: preposition *lə* + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to their heart
*rāʿātām*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their evil/wickedness
*zāḵārətî*: qal perfect 1st singular - I remember/have remembered
*ʿattâ*: adverb - now
*səḇāḇûm*: qal perfect 3rd plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they surround them
*maʿaləlêhem*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their deeds/practices
*neḡeḏ*: preposition - before/in front of
*pānay*: noun, masculine plural construct + 1st singular suffix - my face
*hāyû*: qal perfect 3rd plural - they are/have been

Word Meanings

*ûḇal*: and not/lest/cannot
*yōʾmərû*: say/speak/think
*lilḇāḇām*: to their heart/mind/inner self
*rāʿātām*: their evil/wickedness/calamity
*zāḵārətî*: I remember/recall/keep in mind
*səḇāḇûm*: surround them/encircle them
*maʿaləlêhem*: their deeds/practices/actions
*neḡeḏ*: before/in front of/opposite

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Referenced Verses

Ps 90:8 : 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Jer 2:19 : 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Jer 14:10 : 10 Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Jer 4:18 : 18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.
Ps 9:16 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
Ps 25:7 : 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Amos 8:7 : 7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Luke 12:2 : 2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge {G5100} nothing before {G302} the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
Heb 4:13 : 13 And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
Jer 16:17 : 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
Jer 32:19 : 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Hos 8:13 : 13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Prov 5:21-22 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Num 32:23 : 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.
Deut 32:29 : 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
Job 20:11-29 : 11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, 13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; 14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20 Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. 21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Job 34:21 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
Isa 26:16 : 16 Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.
Isa 44:19 : 19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

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