Hosea 7:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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{H8804)} our iniquities before thee, our secret{H8803)} 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 bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Jer 14:10 : 10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now 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, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Ps 25:7 : 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Amos 8:7 : 7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Luke 12:2 : 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
Jer 16:17 : 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine 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 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD 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 the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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 viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Num 32:23 : 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Deut 32:29 : 29 O 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 the sin of his youth, which 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 forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat 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 shall 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 see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and 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 man, and he seeth all his goings.
Isa 26:16 : 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Isa 44:19 : 19 And none considereth in his heart, 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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