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Hosea 13:14-15
New Catholic Bible
Hosea 13:14-15
New Catholic Bible
14 Shall I deliver them from the power of the netherworld?[a]
Shall I redeem them from death?
O death, where are your plagues?
O netherworld, where is your sting?
Compassion will be banished from my sight.
15 Although Ephraim may be more fruitful than his brothers,
an east wind[b] from the Lord will come,
rising from the desert,
causing his springs to be arid
and his fountain to dry up.
His treasury will be plundered
of every precious thing.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:14 This verse affirms the Lord’s idea to destroy Israel. It is cited by St. Paul in a different sense (1 Cor 15:4f)—i.e., the sense of the final victory of life over death at the resurrection of the body on the last day achieved through the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.
- Hosea 13:15 East wind: an image of the Assyrian armies.
