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Hosea 13:14-16
The Message
Hosea 13:14-16
The Message
13-15 “When birth pangs signaled it was time to be born,
Ephraim was too stupid to come out of the womb.
When the passage into life opened up,
he didn’t show.
Shall I intervene and pull them into life?
Shall I snatch them from a certain death?
Who is afraid of you, Death?
Who cares about your threats, Tomb?
In the end I’m abolishing regret,
banishing sorrow,
Even though Ephraim ran wild,
the black sheep of the family.
15-16 “God’s tornado is on its way,
roaring out of the desert.
It will devastate the country,
leaving a trail of ruin and wreckage.
The cities will be gutted,
dear possessions gone for good.
Now Samaria has to face the charges
because she has rebelled against her God:
Her people will be killed, babies smashed on the rocks,
pregnant women ripped open.”
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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