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I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs;[a]
    I will tear open their ribs.
I will devour them like a lion—
    the wild beasts will rip them apart.

“You have destroyed yourself, Israel,
    although I remain your help.
10 Now where is your king?
    Will he save you in all your cities?
And where are[b] your judges,
    about whom you demanded,
        ‘Give me a king and officials!’?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:8 The Heb. lacks of her cubs
  2. Hosea 13:10 The Heb. lacks where are