Hosea 13:11-13

New Living Translation

¹¹ In my anger I gave you kings,
    and in my fury I took them away.

¹² “Ephraim’s guilt has been collected,
    and his sin has been stored up for punishment.
¹³ Pain has come to the people
    like the pain of childbirth,
but they are like a child
    who resists being born.
The moment of birth has arrived,
    but they stay in the womb!