11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and I took him away in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is [a]bound up: his sin is hid.

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son, else would he not stand still at the time, even at the [b]breaking forth of the children.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:12 It is surely laid up to be punished, as Jer. 17:1.
  2. Hosea 13:13 But would come out of the womb, that is out of this dangers wherein he is and not to tarry to be stifled.

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