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

15 Though he (D)is fruitful among the [b]reeds,
An (E)east wind will come,
The wind of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will (F)become dry,
And his spring will be dried up;
It will (G)plunder his treasury of every desirable article.
16 [c]Samaria will be held (H)guilty,
For she has (I)rebelled against her God.
(J)They will fall by the (K)sword;
Their infants will be (L)dashed in pieces,
And their pregnant (M)women will be ripped open.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:14 Lit hand
  2. Hosea 13:15 Or brothers
  3. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Heb