14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.
I will redeem[a] them from death.(A)
Death, where are your barbs?
Sheol, where is your sting?(B)
Compassion is hidden from My eyes.(C)

The Coming Judgment

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:14 Or Should I ransom . . . Should I redeem . . . ?
  2. Hosea 13:15 Or among reeds
  3. Hosea 13:15 Probably the Assyrian king
  4. Hosea 13:16 Hs 14:1 in Hb

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