Hosea 13:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?
    Shall I redeem them from Death?
O Death, where are^[a] your plagues?
    O Sheol, where is^[b] your destruction?
    Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

¹⁵ Although he may flourish among rushes,^[c]
    the east wind shall come, a blast from the Lord,
    rising from the wilderness;
and his fountain shall dry up,
    his spring shall be parched.
It shall strip his treasury
    of every precious thing.
^16 [d] Samaria shall bear her guilt,
    because she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword,
    their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
    and their pregnant women ripped open.