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15     Although he may flourish among reeds,[a]
the east wind will come, a wind of Yahweh
    rising from the desert;
his fountain will dry up,
    his spring will be parched.
It will plunder his treasury,[b]
    every object of desire.
16 [c] Samaria will be guilty,
    because she has rebelled against her God;
they will fall by the sword,
    their children will be dashed to pieces,
    and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:15 Hebrew “brothers”
  2. Hosea 13:15 Or “its treasury”
  3. Hosea 13:16 Hosea 13:16–14:9 in the English Bible is 14:1–10 in the Hebrew Bible

15 Though he (A)flourishes among the [a]reeds,
An (B)east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will (C)become dry
And his spring will dry up;
It will (D)plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 [b]Samaria will pay the penalty for her (E)guilt,
Because she has (F)rebelled against her God.
(G)They will fall by the (H)sword,
Their children will be [c](I)slaughtered,
And their pregnant (J)women will be ripped open.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:15 Another reading is brothers
  2. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Heb
  3. Hosea 13:16 Lit shattered