Hosea 7 · Verse 2

Hosea 7:2

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.
Hosea 7:2, King James Version

Hosea 7:2 in other translations

BSBBut they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
WEBThey don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd they do not say to their heart, That all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been.
DARBYAnd they say not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
BBEAnd they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
WebsterAnd they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them around; they are before my face.

What does Hosea 7:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. consider not in their hearts--literally, "say not to," &c. (Psa 14:1). that I remember--and will punish. their own doings have beset them about--as so many witnesses against them (Psa 9:16; Pr 5:22). before my face--(Psa 90:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 They consider not in their hearts - They do not consider that my eye is upon all their ways; they do not think that I record all their wickedness; and they know not their own evil doings are as a host of enemies encompassing them about.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 7:1-7

The manifold sins of Israel. (Hos. 7:1-7) Their senselessness and hypocrisy. (Hos. 7:8-16) Verses 1-7 A practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires, like a heated oven. In the midst of their troubles as a nation, the people never thought of…

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Hosea 7:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבַל\־u.val-and notH1077
יֹֽאמְרוּ֙yo.me.Ruthey sayH559
לִלְבָבָ֔םlil.va.Vamto heart theirH3824
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
רָעָתָ֖םra.'a.Tamevil theirH7451
זָכָ֑רְתִּיza.Kha.re.tiI rememberH2142
עַתָּה֙'a.TahnowH6258
סְבָב֣וּםse.va.Vumthey have surrounded themH5437
מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔םma.'a.lei.Hemdeeds theirH4611
נֶ֥גֶדNe.gedbeforeH5048
פָּנַ֖יpa.Naiface myH6440
הָיֽוּ\׃ha.Yuthey areH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 7:2

  • Luke 12:2

    For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

  • Jeremiah 14:10

    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.

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    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.

  • Amos 8:7

    The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

  • Psalms 90:8

    Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

  • Hebrews 4:13

    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.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    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.

  • Jeremiah 16:17

    For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

  • Psalms 25:7

    Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

  • Hosea 9:9

    They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

  • Isaiah 5:12

    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.

  • Jeremiah 32:19

    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:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
consider not in. Heb. say not to.
De 32:29; Ps 50:22; Isa 1:3; 5:12; 44:19
I remember.
9:9; Ps 25:7; Jer 14:10; Am 8:7; Lu 12:2; 1Co 4:5
their own.
Nu 32:23; Job 20:11-29; Ps 9:16; Pr 5:22; Isa 26:16; Jer 2:19; 4:18
are before.
Job 34:21; Ps 90:8; Pr 5:21; Jer 16:17; 32:19; Heb 4:13

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Context

  • Hosea 7:1

    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.

  • Hosea 7:2

    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.

  • Hosea 7:3

    They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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Hosea 7:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y no dicen en su corazón que tengo en la memoria toda su maldad: ahora los rodearán sus obras; delante de mí están.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils ne se sont pas dit dans leur cœur que je me souviens de toute leur méchanceté. Maintenant leurs méfaits les environnent, ils sont devant ma face.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie sprechen nicht in ihrem Herzen, daß ich all ihrer Bosheit gedenke; nun haben ihre Handlungen sie umringt, sie stehen vor meinem Angesicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ne forte dicant in cordibus suis, omnem malitiam eorum me recordatum, nunc circumdederunt eos adinventiones suæ: coram facie mea factæ sunt.