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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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12 Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.(A)
13 Labor pains come on him.(B)
He is not a wise son;(C)
when the time comes,
he will not be born.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons