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Hosea 13:14-16
GOD’S WORD Translation
Hosea 13:14-16
GOD’S WORD Translation
14 “I want to free them from the power of the grave.
I want to reclaim them from death.
Death, I want to be a plague to you.
Grave, I want to destroy you.[a]
I won’t even think of changing my plans.”
15 The people of Ephraim have become important among their relatives.
However, the Lord’s scorching wind will come from the east.
It will blow out of the desert.
Then their springs will run dry,
and their wells will dry up.
The wind will destroy every precious thing in their storehouses.[b]
16 The people of Samaria are guilty as charged
because they rebelled against their God.
They will be killed in war,
their children will be smashed to death,
and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Footnotes
- 13:14 Or “Death, where is your plague? Grave, where is your destruction?”
- 13:15 Hosea 13:16 in English Bibles is Hosea 14:1 in the Hebrew Bible.
Hosea 13:14-16
New International Version
Hosea 13:14-16
New International Version
14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(A)
I will redeem them from death.(B)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?(C)
“I will have no compassion,
15 even though he thrives(D) among his brothers.
An east wind(E) from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.(F)
His storehouse will be plundered(G)
of all its treasures.
16 The people of Samaria(H) must bear their guilt,(I)
because they have rebelled(J) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(K)
their little ones will be dashed(L) to the ground,
their pregnant women(M) ripped open.”[a]
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
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