I will destroy you, Israel;
you have no help but me.[a](A)

10 Where now is your king,[b](B)
that he may save you in all your cities,
and the[c] rulers[d](C) you demanded, saying,
“Give me a king and leaders”?
11 I give you a king in my anger(D)
and take away a king in my wrath.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:9 LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?
  2. 13:10 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king
  3. 13:10 Lit your
  4. 13:10 Or judges

“You are about to be destroyed, O Israel—
    yes, by me, your only helper.
10 Now where is[a] your king?
    Let him save you!
Where are all the leaders of the land,
    the king and the officials you demanded of me?
11 In my anger I gave you kings,
    and in my fury I took them away.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:10 As in Greek and Syriac versions and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads I will be.