“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(A) against your helper.(B)
10 Where is your king,(C) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(D)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(E)
    and in my wrath I took him away.(F)

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“You have destroyed yourself, Israel,
    although I remain your help.
10 Now where is your king?
    Will he save you in all your cities?
And where are[a] your judges,
    about whom you demanded,
        ‘Give me a king and officials!’?
11 I gave you a king in my anger,
    and I took him[b] away in my fury.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:10 The Heb. lacks where are
  2. Hosea 13:11 The Heb. lacks him