Hosea 13:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up,
his sin is stored away.
13 [a]The birth pangs will come for him,(A)
but this is an unwise child,
Who, when it is time, does not present himself
at the mouth of the womb.(B)
14 [b]Shall I deliver them from the power of Sheol?
shall I redeem them from death?
Where are your plagues, O death!
where is your sting, Sheol!(C)
Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
Footnotes
- 13:13 Ephraim will die along with its stored-up sin, just as a mother dies along with a child that she cannot deliver.
- 13:14 God calls upon “death” and “Sheol” to send their auxiliaries, “plagues” and “sting,” to punish Israel (Hb 3:5; Ps 91:6). Paul uses this text in a different way to speak about the victory over death (1 Cor 15:54–55).
Hosea 13:12-14
New International Version
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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