³ Then they will say, “We have no king
    because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”

¹⁵ So will it happen to you, Bethel,
    because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns,
    the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.^(A)

¹¹ So in my anger I gave you a king,^(A)
    and in my wrath I took him away.^(B)

⁷ Samaria’s king will be destroyed,^(A)
    swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.

⁹ Why do you now cry aloud—
    have you no king^[a](A)?
Has your ruler^[b] perished,
    that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?^(B)

¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah,^(A)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,^[a]
until he to whom it belongs^[b] shall come^(B)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.^(C)

⁵ “Will they not return to Egypt^(A)
    and will not Assyria^(B) rule over them
    because they refuse to repent?^(C)