en_tn/hos/13/12.md

Yahweh is speaking.

Ephraim's iniquity has been stored up; his guilt has been stored up

These two phrases are very similar and mean nearly the same thing. (UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

Pains of childbirth will come on him, but he is an unwise son, for when it is time to be born, he does not come out of the womb.

This illustration is used here by Yahweh to represent what is going to happen to Ephraim (Israel) because of their great wickedness. (UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)