Hosea 13:9-16

91It is to your own destruction, Israel, That you are 2against Me, against your 3help.10Where then is your 4king, That he might save you in all your cities; And your 5judges, to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?11I 6gave you a king in My anger, And 7took him away in My wrath.

12The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up; His sin is 8stored up.13The pains of 9childbirth come on him; He is 10not a wise son, For 11it is not the time that he should 12delay at the opening of the womb.14Shall I 13ransom them from the 14power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? 15Death, where are your 16thorns? Sheol, where is your sting? 17Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

15Though he 18flourishes among the 19reeds, An 20east wind will come, The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will 21become dry And his spring will dry up; It will 22plunder his treasury of every precious article.1623Samaria will pay the penalty for her 24guilt, Because she has 25rebelled against her God. 26They will fall by the 27sword, Their children will be 2829slaughtered, And their pregnant 30women will be ripped open.