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13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; [a]for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. 14 I will ransom them from the [b]power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, [c]where are thy plagues? O Sheol, [d]where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the [e]breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: [f]he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:13 Or, when it is time, he standeth not in etc.
  2. Hosea 13:14 Hebrew hand.
  3. Hosea 13:14 Or, I will be
  4. Hosea 13:14 Or, I will be
  5. Hosea 13:15 Or, wind
  6. Hosea 13:15 Or, it

13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(A) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(B) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(C)

14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(D)
    I will redeem them from death.(E)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?(F)

“I will have no compassion,
15     even though he thrives(G) among his brothers.
An east wind(H) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(I)
His storehouse will be plundered(J)
    of all its treasures.

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