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“I will destroy you, people of Israel! Then who can help you?[a] 10 (A)You asked for a king and for leaders, but how can they save the nation?[b] 11 (B)In my anger I have given you kings, and in my fury I have taken them away.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:9 One ancient translation who can help you?; Hebrew in me is your help.
  2. Hosea 13:10 Verse 10 in Hebrew is unclear.

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(A) against your helper.(B)
10 Where is your king,(C) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(D)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(E)
    and in my wrath I took him away.(F)

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