losing the civilization which formerly carried some semblance of Christian culture. And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face [Hos. 7:2]. God is saying, “I knew about their sins before, but now they have taken a further step away from Me and are doing their sinning out in the open.” In other words, they have now reached the lowest depths of immorality. They make the king glad with their wickedness,