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12 “Efrayim’s guilt has been wrapped up,
his sin is stored away.
13 The pain of being born will come to him;
but he is an unwise son.
The time has come; and he shouldn’t delay,
there at the mouth of the womb.
14 Should I ransom them from the power of Sh’ol?
Should I redeem them from death?
Where are your plagues, death;
where is your destruction, Sh’ol?
My eyes are closed to compassion.

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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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