The statement that the iniquity of Ephraim is bound up and his sin is kept in store indicates that Israel's transgressions have been recorded and preserved, awaiting the day of judgment when they will be called to account. The imagery of binding and storing suggests accumulation, that Israel's sins have mounted and will eventually demand reckoning. This verse establishes that God has a perfect record of Israel's covenant violations.

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