13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
    (A)making you desolate because of your sins.

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23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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16 [a] Samaria (A)shall bear her guilt,
    because (B)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
    (C)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
    and their (D)pregnant women ripped open.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew

17 Some were (A)fools through their sinful ways,
    and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 (B)they loathed any kind of food,
    and they (C)drew near to (D)the gates of death.

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21 The Lord will make (A)the pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 22 (B)The Lord will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought[a] and with (C)blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:22 Or sword

16 then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with (A)wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And (B)you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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Ephraim shall become a desolation
    in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
    I make known what is sure.

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11 (A)he turned aside my steps and (B)tore me to pieces;
    (C)he has made me desolate;

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13 “From on high he (A)sent fire;
    into my bones[a] he made it descend;
(B)he spread a net for my feet;
    he turned me back;
(C)he has left me stunned,
    faint all the day long.

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  1. Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and

18 (A)If I go out into the field,
    behold, those pierced by the sword!
(B)And if I enter the city,
    behold, the diseases of famine!
(C)For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
    and have no knowledge.’”

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11 Then I said, (A)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (B)cities lie waste
    without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
    and the land is a desolate waste,

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Why will you still be (A)struck down?
    Why will you (B)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
(C)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
    there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
    and raw wounds;
they are (D)not pressed out or bound up
    or softened with oil.

(E)Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

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19 “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed
    and with continual strife in his (A)bones,
20 so that his (B)life loathes bread,
    and his appetite (C)the choicest food.
21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and his bones that were not seen (D)stick out.
22 His soul draws near (E)the pit,
    and his life to (F)those who bring death.

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