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12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; [a]for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. 14 I will ransom them from the [b]power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, [c]where are thy plagues? O Sheol, [d]where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:13 Or, when it is time, he standeth not in etc.
  2. Hosea 13:14 Hebrew hand.
  3. Hosea 13:14 Or, I will be
  4. Hosea 13:14 Or, I will be

12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.(A)
13 Pains 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)

“I will have no compassion,

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