Hosea 13:9-13

9You are destroying yourself, Israel. You are against me, your helper.

10“Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said, ‘Give us kings and officials!’

11I gave you a king when I was angry, and I took him away when I was furious.

12“Ephraim’s wickedness is on record. The record of the people’s sins is safely stored away.

13They have the opportunity to live again, but they are not smart enough to take it. They are like a baby who is about to be born but won’t come out of its mother’s womb.