Hosea 13:9-13

English Standard Version

⁹ He destroys^[a] you, O Israel,
    for you are against me, against ^(A)your helper.
^10 (B)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
    Where are all your rulers—
those of whom ^(C)you said,
    “Give me a king and princes”?
^11 (D)I gave you a king in my anger,
    and ^(E)I took him away in my wrath.

¹² The iniquity of Ephraim is ^(F)bound up;
    his sin is ^(G)kept in store.
^13 (H)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
    but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
    ^(I)at the opening of the womb.