15 Though (A)he may flourish among his brothers,
    (B)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
    rising from the wilderness,
(C)and his fountain shall dry up;
    his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (D)his treasury
    of every precious thing.
16 [a] Samaria (E)shall bear her guilt,
    because (F)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
    (G)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
    and their (H)pregnant women ripped open.

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Footnotes

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

The Coming Judgment

15 Although he flourishes among his brothers,[a](A)
an east wind will come,(B)
a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.
His water source will fail,
and his spring will run dry.(C)
The wind[b] will plunder the treasury(D)
of every precious item.

16 [c]Samaria(E) will bear her guilt(F)
because she has rebelled against her God.(G)
They will fall by the sword;(H)
their little ones will be dashed to pieces,(I)
and their pregnant women ripped open.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:15 Or among reeds
  2. Hosea 13:15 Probably the Assyrian king
  3. Hosea 13:16 Hs 14:1 in Hb