Holy Scripture
Hosea 13:14
A church father on this verse
“But that brazen serpent was hung up as a remedy for the biting serpents, not as a type of him that suffered for us but as a contrast. And [the brazen serpent] saved those that looked upon it, not because they believed it to live but because it was killed, and killed with it were the powers that were subject to it, bei…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14I will deliver them out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.
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In context
12Ephraim has framed a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.
13Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is thy wise son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of thy children.
— Hosea 13:14 —
15Forasmuch as he will cause a division among his brethren, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins and quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and spoil all his precious vessels.