Hosea 13:8-10

The Voice

⁸    I’ll meet them like a bear who’s lost her cubs;
        I’ll rip open their chests.
    I’ll devour them as if I’m a lion,
        and I’ll tear them apart as if I’m a wild animal.

⁹    This is why you’re going to be destroyed, Israel:
        you’re against Me, against the One who’s helping you!
¹⁰    Where is your king now?
        Let’s see if he comes to save you and all your cities.
    Where are your leaders, the ones of whom you demanded,
        “Give me a king and princes!”?