Ephraim is bound by iniquity; his sin is treasured up.
my transgression will be sealed in a bundle and cover over my iniquity.
You say, ‘God stores up the punishment for his children.’ Let Him repay the wicked so he may know it!
Even though you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your iniquity is before Me.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai.
But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.