Hosea 13:14

¹⁴I 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.c

Hosea 13 is the prophet's final, devastating indictment of Israel before the book's closing call to repentance. The chapter traces Israel's downward spiral from prosperity to pride, from pride to idolatry, and from idolatry to self-destruction. God recalls how he delivered them from