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10 What good is your king?
    Can he save you in any of your towns?
What good are your leaders?
    You said, ‘Give us a king and leaders.’
11 So I gave you a king, but only in anger,
    and I took him away in my great anger.
12 The sins of Israel are on record,
    stored away, waiting for punishment.

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10 Where is your king,(A) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(B)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(C)
    and in my wrath I took him away.(D)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.(E)

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