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12 “Ephraim tried to hide his guilt.
    He thought his sins were a secret,
    but he will be punished.
13 His punishment will be like the pain of a woman giving birth.
    He will not be a wise son.
The time will come for his birth,
    and he will not survive.

14 “I will save them from the grave.
    I will rescue them from death.
Death, where are your diseases?
    Grave, where is your power?
    I am not looking for revenge.

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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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