Hosea 13:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² Israel, your terrible sins
are written down
    and stored away.
¹³ You are like a senseless child
who refuses to be born
    at the proper time.
^14 (A) Should I, the Lord, rescue you
    from death and the grave?
No! I call death and the grave
to strike you like a plague.
    I refuse to show mercy.