8 and rip you apart like a bearrobbed of her cubs.I will gnaw on your bones,as though I were a lionor some other wild animal.
9 Israel, you are done for.Don't expect help from me.
10 You wanted a king and rulers.Where is your king now?What cities have rulers?
11 In my anger, I gave you a king;in my fury, I took him away.
12 Israel, your terrible sinsare written downand stored away.
13 You are like a senseless childwho refuses to be bornat the proper time.
14 Should I, the Lord, rescue youfrom death and the grave?No! I call death and the graveto strike you like a plague.I refuse to show mercy.