Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 13:12

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up : his sin is hid .

In the singular, instead of the plural, all the iniquities and sins.

The Kingdom of the Ten Tribes.

As indictments drawn up and tied together against the day of trial, or as Bills and Bonds tied up that they may be ready against the day of account when all must be paid. Or, as sins unpardoned, for to loose sins is to forgive, and to bind sins is to charge them upon the sinner, Matth. 16.19. O! Ephraim thine unpardoned sins lie in account against thee, thou shalt hear of them and smart for them.

Not from God but laid up with God against the day of recompence, as Iob 21.19. so Rom. 2.5. and Deut. 32.34.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 14.17.