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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

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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