Hosea 13:13-15
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13 They will be in pain like a woman who is giving birth.
Her child is foolish. He refuses to be born!
14 Will I save these people from the power of death?
Will I rescue them from their graves?
Death, what diseases can you bring?
What can you do to hurt my people?[a]
I will not be kind to my people and forgive them.’
15 Among the other nations, Israel has been successful.
It has been like a plant that grows well.
But now the Lord will send trouble.
It will be like a strong east wind that comes from the desert.
Israel's wells and springs of water will become dry.
All the valuable things that Israel has stored will disappear.
Footnotes
- 13:14 Hosea says that God will bring trouble and death to his people because of their sins. Paul uses these words in 1 Corinthians 15:55. Because of Jesus' death, Paul says that the power of death can no longer hurt believers.
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