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

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12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(A)
He has made me his target;(B)
13     his archers surround me.(C)
Without pity, he pierces(D) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.

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

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“I will send four kinds of destroyers(A) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(B) to kill and the dogs(C) to drag away and the birds(D) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(E)

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The Response to God’s Rebuke

(A)Come, let’s 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

Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
    but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(D)

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