Hosea 13:14

Hosea 13:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? “I will have no compassion,
• English Standard Version (ESV)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes.”

Context of Hosea 13:14

12I have a record of Ephraim's sin. Ephraim's people will certainly receive their punishment. 13They will be in pain like a woman who is giving birth. Her child is foolish. He refuses to be born! 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? I will not be kind to my people and forgive them.’ 15Among 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. 16Samaria's people are guilty and they will receive their punishment. They have turned against their God. They will die in war. Cruel enemies will kill their young children. Soldiers will cut open their pregnant women.

Hosea 13:14 word by word

מִיַּ֤ד שְׁאוֹל֙ אֶפְדֵּ֔ם מִמָּ֖וֶת אֶגְאָלֵ֑ם אֱהִ֨י דְבָרֶיךָ֜ מָ֗וֶת אֱהִ֤י קָֽטָבְךָ֙ שְׁא֔וֹל נֹ֖חַם יִסָּתֵ֥ר מֵעֵינָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will ransomפָּדָהpâdâh · to ransomH6299
• them from the powerיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• I will redeemגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• them from deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• I willאֱהִי'ĕhîy · where?H165
• be thy plaguesדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• be thy destructionקֹטֶבqôţeb · destructionH6987
• repentanceנֹ֫חַםnôcham · repentanceH5164
• shall be hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• from mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Hosea 13:14

• Hosea 6:2He will soon make us strong again. After three days, we will have new lives. Then we can live together with him.
• Job 19:25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. I know that, in the end, he will stand on the earth.
• Job 33:24Then God will be kind to that person. God will say, “Save that person, so that he does not go to his grave. I have found someone to pay the price for his life. So keep him alive.”
• Psalms 16:10You, Lord, will not leave me in the deep hole of death. As one who belongs to you, you will not leave my body to spoil in the grave.
• Psalms 30:3Lord, you pulled me up out of the deep hole of death. You saved me from among those who are going into the grave.
• Psalms 49:15But God will save my life from the power of death. He will take me to a safe place with him. Selah.
• Psalms 71:20You have caused me to have many bad troubles. But you will make my life strong again. You will lift me back out from this deep hole under the earth.
• Psalms 86:13I know that you love me very much with your faithful love. You will continue to keep my life safe, so that I do not go down into the deep hole of death.
• Isaiah 25:8The Almighty Lord will destroy death for ever. He will clean away the tears in everyone's eyes. His people will not feel ashamed any more. Nobody in all the world will ever insult them again. That is what the Lord has said.
• Ezekiel 37:11Then the Lord said to me, ‘Son of man, these bones are a picture of all Israel's people. The Israelites are saying, “Our bones are dead and dry. There are no good things that we can hope for. We have come to an end.”
• Romans 11:15When God turned away from Israel's people, he then accepted other people in the world as his friends. So, when God does accept Israel's people, the result will be even better! It will be like dead people who have become alive again!
• Isaiah 26:19But Lord, your people who have died will live again. Their bodies will rise up from their graves. You people who live in the ground, wake up! Shout because you are happy. You bring new life to the earth, like dew that comes in the morning. Dead people will come up from the earth and they will live again.
• 1 Corinthians 15:21All people die because of what one man did. That was Adam. And it is because of another man that people can rise up after death to a new life. That is Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 5:4While we still live in our bodies here on earth, we cry inside ourselves. Many difficult things happen to us. We do not really want to take off our old body. But we do want to put on our new body, like new clothes. When that happens, we will no longer need our old body which had to die. Instead we will have a new body that will live for ever.
• Philippians 3:21He will change these weak bodies that we have now on this earth. He will make them become strong and beautiful, like his own body that he has in heaven. Christ will use his great power to do this. That is the power that he uses to rule over everything.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14We believe that Jesus died and he rose again after death. So we also believe that people who have died as Christians will rise again. When God brings Jesus back, he will take the Christians to go with Jesus.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I will ransom them from the power of the grave - In their captivity they are represented as dead and buried, which is a similar view to that taken of the Jews in the Babylonish captivity by Ezekiel in his vision of the valley of dry bones. They are now lost as to the purpose for which they were made, for which God had wrought so many miracles for them and for their ancestors; but the gracious purpose of God shall not be utterly defeated. He will bring…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I will ransom them from the power of the grave - Literally, “from the hand,” i. e., the “grasp of the grave,” or “of hell.” God, by His prophets, mingles promises of mercy in the midst of His threats of punishment. His mercy overflows the bounds of the occasion upon which He makes it known. He had sentenced Ephraim to temporal destruction. This was unchangeable. He points to that which turns all temporal less into gain, their eternal redemption. The words…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked, that, whether God gives or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Sheol refers to the realm of the dead (see Job 3:11–19; see also study note on Job 7:9). The Lord rules over Sheol and could save Israel if he chose to. However, he will not show mercy to the Israelites and calls upon death to punish them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Applying primarily to God's restoration of Israel from Assyria partially, and, in times yet future, fully from all the lands of their present long-continued dispersion, and political death (compare Ho 6:2; Is 25:8; 26:19; Eze 37:12). God's power and grace are magnified in quickening what to the eye of flesh seems dead and hopeless (Ro 4:17, 19). As Israel's history, past and future, has a representative character in relation to the Church, this verse…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 13:14

• Apostrophe
• Death
• God Continued...
• Grave
• Hell
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Quotations and Allusions
• Ransom
• Resurrection
• War

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Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings