Hosea 13:8-10

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⁸I 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.

⁹I will destroy you, O Israel;
    who^[a] can help you?
¹⁰Where^[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

Hosea 13:9 Gk Syr: Heb for in me
Hosea 13:10 Gk Syr Vg: Heb I will be
Hosea 13:10 Cn: Heb in all
Hosea 13:10 Cn: Heb cities
Hosea 13:10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb and your judges

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