The sins of Israel are on record, stored away, waiting for punishment.
My wrongs will be closed up in a bag, and you will cover up my sin.
It is said, ‘God saves up a person’s punishment for his children.’ But God should punish the wicked themselves so they will know it.
Although you wash yourself with cleanser and use much soap, I can still see the stain of your guilt,” says the Lord God.
But you are stubborn and refuse to change, so you are making your own punishment even greater on the day he shows his anger. On that day everyone will see God’s right judgments.