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and rip you apart like a bear
    robbed of her cubs.
I will gnaw on your bones,
as though I were a lion
    or some other wild animal.
Israel, you are done for.
    Don't expect help from me.[a]
10 (A) You wanted a king and rulers.
Where is your king now?
    What cities have rulers?

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Footnotes

  1. 13.9 Don't … me: Or “You are against me, the one who helps you.”

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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