¹² Ephraim’s wickedness is bound up;
        his sin is kept in store.
¹³ The pangs of a woman in childbirth come for him,
        but he is not aware of the time to be born;
    for at the proper time he doesn’t present himself
        at the mouth of the womb.
¹⁴ Will I ransom them from the power of the grave^[a]
        Will I redeem them from death’s hold?
    Death, where are your diseases?
        Grave,^[b] where is your destruction?
        Compassion is hidden from my eyes.