Saviour, because, being made Man, He saved. Whence He willed to be called Jesus, i. e., Saviour. Truly "beside" Him, "there is no Saviour; neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12. "It is not enough to recognize in God this quality of a Saviour. It must not be shared with "any other." Whoso associates with God any power whatever to decide on man's salvation makes an idol, and introduces a new God." Verse 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. "Thou hast destroyed thyself": from Hebrew , shikhetekha (Piel perfect third person masculine singular from , shakhat, "to destroy" with second person masculine singular suffix), literally, "he destroyed you". It may be rendered, "it has destroyed you"; "It" could refer to either the calf (supported by Kimchi), or the 'idolatry' or a king, or rather to all the sins of Israel. Verse 14 "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." Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:55 "Power": or "hand". "Grave": from Hebrew "Sheol". "I will be your plagues": rendered in Septuagint as "where is your punishment?" "I will be your destruction!" rendered in Septuagint as "where is your sting?" This verse shows that Israel is in the grip of Death (mawet) and grave (Sheol), but with the lack of interrogative particle ha, it has the positive meaning: "I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol", as followed by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:55. Verse 15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. Verse 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. Numbered as Hosea 14:1 in Masoretic text In the 1611 King James Version Hosea 13 has sixteen verses, followed by Hosea 14 with nine. This also happens in modern English translations of