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I will encounter them (A)like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open [a]the chest enclosing their heart;
There I will also (B)devour them like a lioness,
As a beast of the field would rip them open.

It is your ruin, O Israel,
[b]That you are (C)against Me, against your (D)help.
10 Where now is your (E)king,
That he may save you in all your cities,
And your (F)judges of whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their heart
  2. Hosea 13:9 Or But in Me is your help