Hosea 13:12-14

Amplified Bible

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The wickedness of Ephraim [which is not yet completely punished] is bound up [as in a bag];
His sin is stored up [for judgment and destruction].
¹³
The pains of childbirth come on him;
But he is not a wise son,
For it is not the time to delay [his chance at a new birth] as the womb opens [but he ignores the opportunity to change].
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Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol (the place of the dead)?
Shall I redeem them from death?
^[a]O death, where are your thorns?
O Sheol, where is your sting?
Compassion is hidden from My eyes [because of their failure to repent].^(A)

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Footnotes

Hosea 13:14 The apostle Paul brings this passage to mind—but with a change of meaning made possible by the resurrection of Christ.

Hosea 13:12-14

New International Version

¹²The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.^(A)
¹³Pains as of a woman in childbirth^(B) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time^(C) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.^(D)

¹⁴“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;^(E)
I will redeem them from death.^(F)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?^(G)