12 The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up;
His sin is (A)stored up.
13 The pains of (B)childbirth come on him;
He is (C)not a wise son,
For [a]it is not the time that he should (D)delay at the opening of the womb.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not remain at the opening of children

12 Ephraim’s iniquity is bound up;
    his sin is kept in store.(A)
13 The pangs of childbirth come for him,
    but he is an unwise son,
for at the proper time he does not present himself
    at the mouth of the womb.(B)

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