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

12The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up; His sin is stored up. 13The pains of childbirth come on him; He is not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb. Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? Death, where are your thorns? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight. 15Though he flourishes among the reeds, An east wind will come, The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will become dry And his spring will dry up; It will plunder his treasury of every precious article. 16Samaria will pay the penalty for her guilt, Because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, Their children will be slaughtered, And their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Hosea 13:14 word by word

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

• ransomפָּדָהpâdâh · to ransomH6299
• powerיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of Sheolשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• Shall I redeemגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• them from deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• whereאֱהִי'ĕhîy · where?H165
• thornsדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• is your stingקֶ֫טֶבqeţeb · destructionH6986
• Compassionנֹ֫חַםnôcham · repentanceH5164
• will be hiddenסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• from My sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Hosea 13:14

• Hosea 6:2He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
• Job 19:25Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last, He will take His stand on the earth.
• Job 33:24And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom’;
• Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
• Psalms 30:3Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.
• Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah
• Psalms 71:20You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
• Psalms 86:13For Your graciousness toward me is great, And You have saved my soul from the depths of Sheol.
• Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.
• Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the entire house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’
• Romans 11:15For if their rejection proves to be the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
• Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
• 1 Corinthians 15:21For since by a man death came, by a Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
• 2 Corinthians 5:4For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
• Philippians 3:21who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through 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