Hosea 5:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ When Ephraim realized that he was ill
    and Judah noted that he was covered with sores,
Ephraim went to Assyria,
    and Judah sent envoys to the great king.
However, he has no power to cure you
    or to heal your sores.
¹⁴ For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
    like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I myself will maul them and depart;
    I will carry them off,
    and no one will be able to rescue them.
¹⁵ I shall go back to my dwelling place
    until they acknowledge their guilt
    and seek my presence.^[a]
In their affliction,
    they will beseech my favor.