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14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave![a]
    I will redeem them from death!
    Death, where are your plagues?
    Grave, where is your destruction?

    Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
15 Although he flourishes as a son among brothers,[b]
    an east wind will come.
    The breath[c] of the Lord is coming up from the wilderness.
    His spring will become dry.
    His fountain will be dried up.
    His treasury will be plundered of every precious article.
16 Samaria will be found guilty,
    because she rebelled against her God.
    The people will fall by the sword.
    Their little children will be dashed to the ground,
    and their pregnant women will be ripped open.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:14 Hebrew sheol
  2. Hosea 13:15 Or among the reeds. The translation above is a literal rendering of the Hebrew.
  3. Hosea 13:15 Or wind
  4. Hosea 13:16 English verse 13:16 is verse 14:1 in Hebrew. In chapter 14 the subsequent Hebrew verse numbers are one higher than the English numbers.