Hosea 5:12-14

Common English Bible

¹² Therefore, I am like a moth to Ephraim,
        and like decay to the house of Judah.
¹³ When Ephraim saw his sickness,
        and Judah his wound,
    then Ephraim went to Assyria,
        and Ephraim sent for the great king.
    But he could not heal them;
        nor could he cure their wound.
¹⁴ I am like a lion to Ephraim,
        like a young lion to the house of Judah.
    I am the one who tears the prey and goes forth;
        no one can snatch it from me.