¹² “Ephraim’s guilt has been collected,
    and his sin has been stored up for punishment.

¹⁷ My sins would be sealed in a pouch,
    and you would cover my guilt.

³⁴ “The Lord says, ‘Am I not storing up these things,
    sealing them away in my treasury?
³⁵ I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
    In due time their feet will slip.
Their day of disaster will arrive,
    and their destiny will overtake them.’

¹⁹ “‘Well,’ you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!’
    But I say he should punish the ones who sin,
    so that they understand his judgment.