13 When I say: My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,

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13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(A)

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13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

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The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.(A)

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The Lord sustains them on their sickbed(A)
    and restores them from their bed of illness.(B)

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The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

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14 They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves[a](A) for grain and new wine;(B)
they turn away from Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read They stay

14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(A)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(B)
    but they turn away from me.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together

14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

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