Hosea 13:14

Should I ransom them from the power of Sheol? 1 Should I redeem them from mavet? 1 O Mavet, where are the dever (pestilence, plague) of thee? 1 O Sheol, where is thy destruction? 1 Nocham (sorrow, compassion, pity) shall be hidden from Mine eyes. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 chevlei yoledah (birth pangs of a woman in childbirth) shall come upon him; 1 he is a ben lo chacham; 1 for when it is time he does not come 1 to the opening of the womb. 1

15Even though he thrives among his achim, 1 an east wind shall come, 1 the Ruach Hashem shall come up from the midbar (desert), 1 and his makor (spring, fountain) shall become dry, 1 and his well shall be dried up; 1 it shall plunder the otzar of every keli chemdah (precious vessel).

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:29And also the Netzach Yisroel (Eternal One of Israel) will not lie nor relent: for He is not an adam, that He should change His mind.

Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, 1 Deliver him from going down to the shachat (pit); 1 I have found a kofer (ransom). + 33:24 Mk 10:45 1

Psalms 16:10For Thou wilt not abandon my nefesh in Sheol; 1 neither wilt Thou allow Thine Chasid to see shachat 1 (corruption, the pit, the grave, the abyss of corruption). + 16:10 See Ac 2:24 1

Psalms 49:15Like tzon they are destined for She'ol; 1 mavet shall pasture them; 1 and the yesharim (upright ones) shall have dominion over them in the boker; 1 and their tzir (form) shall waste away to Sheol, 1 so there is no dwelling place for it. 1

Psalms 71:20Thou, which hast showed me great and severe tzoros, 1 shalt revive me again, 1 and shalt bring me up again 1 from the tehomot (abysses) of ha'aretz. 1

Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up HaMavet (death) lanetzach (forever); 1 and Adonoi Hashem will wipe away 1 tears from off kol panim; 1 and the kherpah (shame, disgrace) of His people 1 shall He take away from off kol ha'aretz; 1 for Hashem hath spoken it. 1

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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