Hosea 13:4-14

English Standard Version

⁴But ^(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.
⁷So ^(H)I am to them like a lion;
    ^(I)like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
⁸I 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.

⁹He 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.

¹²The 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.

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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 13:4-14

New International Version

⁴“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.^(A)
You shall acknowledge^(B) no God but me,^(C)
    no Savior^(D) except me.
⁵I cared for you in the wilderness,^(E)
    in the land of burning heat.
⁶When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;^(F)
    then they forgot^(G) me.^(H)
⁷So I will be like a lion^(I) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
⁸Like a bear robbed of her cubs,^(J)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion^(K) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.^(L)

⁹“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,^(M) against your helper.^(N)
¹⁰Where is your king,^(O) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?^(P)
¹¹So in my anger I gave you a king,^(Q)
    and in my wrath I took him away.^(R)
¹²The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.^(S)
¹³Pains as of a woman in childbirth^(T) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time^(U) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.^(V)

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