Hosea 13:12-14

New American Standard Bible

¹²The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up;
His sin is ^(A)stored up.
¹³The pains of ^(B)childbirth come on 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.
¹⁴Shall I ^(E)ransom them from the ^[b]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
^(F)Death, where are your ^[c]thorns?
Sheol, where is your sting?
^(G)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

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Footnotes

Hosea 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not remain at the opening of children
Hosea 13:14 Lit hand
Hosea 13:14 Or stings

Hosea 13:12-14

New International Version

¹²The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.^(A)
¹³Pains 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)