American Standard Version
"It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help. "
— Hosea 13:9, American Standard Version
“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.”
“You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.”
“Israel’s King Unable to Deliver the Nation I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?”
“Destruction is thy own, O Israel: thy help is only in me.”
“I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?”
“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.”
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
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 lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help.
Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
I have given thee a king in mine anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.