Hosea 13:4-14
English Standard Version
4 But (A)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
(B)you know no God but me,
and (C)besides me there is no savior.
5 (D)It was I who knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought;
6 (E)but when they had grazed,[a] they became full,
(F)they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
(G)therefore they forgot me.
7 So (H)I am to them like a lion;
(I)like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them (J)like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
(K)as a wild beast would rip them open.
9 He destroys[b] you, O Israel,
for you are against me, against (L)your helper.
10 (M)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers—
those of whom (N)you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 (O)I gave you a king in my anger,
and (P)I took him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is (Q)bound up;
his sin is (R)kept in store.
13 (S)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(T)at the opening of the womb.
14 (U)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
(V)I shall redeem them from Death.[c]
(W)O (X)Death, where are your plagues?
(Y)O (Z)Sheol, where is your sting?
(AA)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
15 Though (AB)he may flourish among his brothers,
(AC)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
(AD)and his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (AE)his treasury
of every precious thing.
16 [d] Samaria (AF)shall bear her guilt,
because (AG)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
(AH)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their (AI)pregnant women ripped open.
A Plea to Return to the Lord
14 (AJ)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for (AK)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept (AL)what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
(AM)the vows[e] of our lips.
3 (AN)Assyria shall not save us;
(AO)we will not ride on horses;
and (AP)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(AQ)In you the orphan finds mercy.”
Notas al pie
- Hosea 13:6 Hebrew according to their pasture
- Hosea 13:9 Or I will destroy
- Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
- Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew
- Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
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