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14 “Should I ransom them from the grave[a]?
    Should I redeem them from death?
O death, bring on your terrors!
    O grave, bring on your plagues![b]
    For I will not take pity on them.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:14a Hebrew Sheol; also in 13:14b.
  2. 13:14b Greek version reads O death, where is your punishment? / O grave [Hades], where is your sting? Compare 1 Cor 15:55.

14 “From the power of Sheol I will rescue them,
    from death I will redeem them.
Death, where are[a] your plagues?
    Sheol, where is[b] your destruction?
        My eyes will remain closed to your pleas for[c] compassion.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:14 Or death, I will be
  2. Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol, I will be
  3. Hosea 13:14 The Heb. lacks your pleas for