Hosea 13:14

Shall I ransom them from the power of the nether-world? Shall I redeem them from death? Ho, thy plagues, O death! Ho, thy destruction, O nether-world! Repentance be hid from Mine eyes!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

In Context

13The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

15For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up; he shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:29And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent; for He is not a man, that He should repent.'

Job 33:24Then He is gracious unto him, and saith: 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'

Psalms 16:10For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.

Psalms 49:15(49-16) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah

Psalms 71:20Thou, who hast made me to see many and sore troubles, wilt quicken me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death for ever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of His people will He take away from off all the earth; for the LORD hath spoken it.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:10-16

The Folly of Israel; Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 722.) 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the… Read the whole commentary →

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