Hosea 13:4-14

1. 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

2. 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

3. 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

4. 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

5. 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

6. 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

7. 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?

8. 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

9. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

10. 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.

11. 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.

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