12 “I was at ease, but (A)He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His (B)target.
13 “His (C)arrows surround me.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out (D)my gall on the ground.

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I will (A)appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Lord: “the sword to slay, the (B)dogs to drag off, and the (C)birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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The Response to God’s Rebuke

(A)Come, let us return to the Lord.
For (B)He has torn us, but (C)He will heal us;
He has [a]wounded us, but He will (D)bandage us.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:1 Lit struck