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12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is (A)stored up.
13 The pains of (B)childbirth come upon him;
He is (C)not a wise son,
For [a]it is not the time that he should (D)delay at the opening of the womb.
14 Shall I (E)ransom them from the [b]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
(F)O Death, where are your thorns?
O Sheol, where is your sting?
(G)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not tarry at the breaking forth of children
  2. Hosea 13:14 Lit hand

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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