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12 “Ephraim’s guilt is on record;
    his sin is stored away.
13 When the time of childbirth comes,
    he will be so foolish
        that he will refuse to be born.”

14 “From the power of Sheol I will rescue them,
    from death I will redeem them.
Death, where are[a] your plagues?
    Sheol, where is[b] your destruction?
        My eyes will remain closed to your pleas for[c] compassion.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:14 Or death, I will be
  2. Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol, I will be
  3. Hosea 13:14 The Heb. lacks your pleas for