Hosea 13:9-16

English Standard Version

⁹ He destroys^[a] you, O Israel,
    for you are against me, against ^(A)your helper.
^10 (B)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
    Where are all your rulers—
those of whom ^(C)you said,
    “Give me a king and princes”?
^11 (D)I gave you a king in my anger,
    and ^(E)I took him away in my wrath.

¹² The iniquity of Ephraim is ^(F)bound up;
    his sin is ^(G)kept in store.
^13 (H)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
    but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
    ^(I)at the opening of the womb.

^14 (J)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
    ^(K)I shall redeem them from Death.^[b]
(L)O ^(M)Death, where are your plagues?
    ^(N)O ^(O)Sheol, where is your sting?
    ^(P)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

¹⁵ Though ^(Q)he may flourish among his brothers,
    ^(R)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
    rising from the wilderness,
^(S)and his fountain shall dry up;
    his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip ^(T)his treasury
    of every precious thing.
^16 [c] Samaria ^(U)shall bear her guilt,
    because ^(V)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
    ^(W)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
    and their ^(X)pregnant women ripped open.