Hosea 13:14

From the power of the grave would I ransom them, from death would I redeem them; [but now] where are thy plagues, O death, where is thy pestilence, O grave? compassion shall be hidden from my eyes.

Leeser Tanakh

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 pains of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for he will not remain steadfast at the time of the breaking forth of the child.

15Though he grow luxuriantly in the green meadows, the east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord, rising up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: the same shall plunder the treasure of all precious vessels.

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Cross References

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

Job 33:24Then is he gracious unto him, and saith, Release him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.

Psalms 16:10For thou wilt not abandon my soul to the grave: thou wilt not suffer thy pious [servant] to see corruption.

Psalms 49:15(49:16) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether world; for he will take me away. Selah.

Psalms 71:20Thou, who hast shown me great distresses and misfortunes, wilt again revive me; and from the depths of the earth wilt thou bring me up again.

Isaiah 25:8He will destroy death to eternity: and the Lord Eternal will wipe away the tear from off all faces; and the shame of his people will he remove 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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