I will fall upon them (A)like a bear robbed of her cubs;
    I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
    (B)as a wild beast would rip them open.

He destroys[a] you, O Israel,
    for you are against me, against (C)your helper.
10 (D)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
    Where are all your rulers—
those of whom (E)you said,
    “Give me a king and princes”?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:9 Or I will destroy

Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(A)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(B) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(C)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(D) against your helper.(E)
10 Where is your king,(F) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(G)

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