I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction?  Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
The last clause here should be read, as Keil said, "in accordance with  Psalms 89:36; 110:4, where the oath of God is still further strengthened by the words `and will not repent.'"[31]  God added this in order to anticipate and remove all doubt that his purpose of "salvation will be irrevocably accomplished."[32]  The obvious meaning of this is clear, and that accounts for the perversion of the passage to read: "Compassion is hid from mine eyes."  After accepting that rendition, Smith wrote: