7 That is why I will be like a lion to them,like a leopard waiting by the road.
8 I will attack like a bear robbed of her cubs,ripping their bodies open.I will devour them like a lionand tear them apart like a wild animal.
9 “Israel, I will destroy you.Who will be your helper then?
10 What good is your king?Can he save you in any of your towns?What good are your leaders?You said, ‘Give us a king and leaders.’
11 So I gave you a king, but only in anger,and I took him away in my great anger.
12 The sins of Israel are on record,stored away, waiting for punishment.
13 The pain of birth will come for him,but he is like a foolish babywho won’t come out of its mother’s womb.