14 (A)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
    (B)I shall redeem them from Death.[a]
(C)O (D)Death, where are your plagues?
    (E)O (F)Sheol, where is your sting?
    (G)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

15 Though (H)he may flourish among his brothers,
    (I)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
    rising from the wilderness,
(J)and his fountain shall dry up;
    his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (K)his treasury
    of every precious thing.
16 [b] Samaria (L)shall bear her guilt,
    because (M)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
    (N)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
    and their (O)pregnant women ripped open.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
  2. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew

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

“I will have no compassion,
15     even though he thrives(D) among his brothers.
An east wind(E) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(F)
His storehouse will be plundered(G)
    of all its treasures.
16 The people of Samaria(H) must bear their guilt,(I)
    because they have rebelled(J) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(K)
    their little ones will be dashed(L) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(M) ripped open.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.