en_tn_condensed/hos/13/12.md

# General Information:

Yahweh is speaking.

# Ephraim's iniquity

Possible meanings are 1) the word "iniquity" refers to the actual acts of iniquity, or 2) it is a metonym for the guilt that God attaches to iniquity, or 3) it is a metonym for the punishment God will give for that iniquity. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# has been bound up

Yahweh speaks of his own remembering Ephraim's iniquity as if he were a scribe who had written down a record of them, rolled up the scroll, bound it, and put it away so he could show it to people in the future. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# his sin has been stored up

Ephraim's guilt is spoken of as if it were a solid object that a person could store for later use. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# his sin

Possible meanings are 1) the word "sin" refers to the actual acts of sin, or 2) it is a metonym for the guilt that God attaches to sin, or 3) it is a metonym for the punishment God will give for that sin. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])