8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs,and I will tear open the covering of their hearts.I will devour them like a lion,as a wild animal would eat them.
9 I will destroy you, Israel;for you didn’t realize that I could help you.
10 Where is your king now,so that he can save you?Where in all your cities are your judges,of whom you said,"Give me a king and rulers"?
11 I gave you a king in my anger,and I took him away in my wrath.
12 Ephraim’s wickedness is bound up;his sin is kept in store.
13 The pangs of a woman in childbirth come for him,but he is not aware of the time to be born;for at the proper time he doesn’t present himselfat the mouth of the womb.
14 Will I ransom them from the power of the grave Will I redeem them from death’s hold?Death, where are your diseases?Grave, where is your destruction?Compassion is hidden from my eyes.