9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. |
10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? |
11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. |
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. |
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children. |
14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. |
