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12 The ·sins [guilt; iniquity] of Israel are ·on record [bound up in a scroll],
    stored away, waiting for punishment.
13 The pain of birth will come for him,
    but he is like a ·foolish [senseless; unwise] baby
    who won’t come out of its mother’s womb.
14 Will I save them from ·the place of the dead [the power of the grave; L the hand of Sheol]?
    Will I ·rescue [redeem] them from death?
·Where are [or Bring on…!] your plagues, death?
    ·Where is [or Bring on…!] your ·pain [destruction], ·place of death [O grave]?
    ·I will show them no mercy [L Pity/compassion is hidden from my eyes].

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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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