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13     The labor pains of his mother are coming for him, but he is unwise;
        he does not move from the birth canal.
14     Should I deliver them from the power of the grave?
        Should I rescue them from death’s cold grip?
    Hey, Death! Where is your big win?
        Hey, Grave! What happened to your sting?[a]
    I’ll look the other way and not show them any pity.

15     Though Israel, among his brothers, is like a plant that flourishes in the wetlands,
        an east wind will come—a dry desert wind sent by Me—
    And the waters will dry up. His spring will run dry.
        All the treasures in his storehouse will be plundered.

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13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(A) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(B) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(C)

14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(D)
    I will redeem them from death.(E)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?(F)

“I will have no compassion,
15     even though he thrives(G) among his brothers.
An east wind(H) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(I)
His storehouse will be plundered(J)
    of all its treasures.

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