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12 The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up.
    His sin is stored up.
13 Labor pains will come for him,
    but he is not a wise son,
    for when the time arrives,
    he is not ready to be born.

14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave![a]
    I will redeem them from death!
    Death, where are your plagues?
    Grave, where is your destruction?

    Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:14 Hebrew sheol

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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