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I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs,
    I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
    as a wild beast would rend them.

I will destroy you, O Israel;
    who[a] can help you?
10 Where[b] now is your king, to save you;
    where are all[c] your princes,[d] to defend you[e]
those of whom you said,
    “Give me a king and princes”?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:9 Gk Syr: Heb for in me
  2. Hosea 13:10 Gk Syr Vg: Heb I will be
  3. Hosea 13:10 Cn: Heb in all
  4. Hosea 13:10 Cn: Heb cities
  5. Hosea 13:10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb and your judges

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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