9. Destruction is thy own, 0 Israel: thy help is only in me.
10. Where is thy king? now especially let him save thee in all thy cities: and thy judges, of whom thou saidst: Q Give me kings and princes.
11. I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.
12. The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, his sin is hidden.
13. The sorrows of a woman in labour snail come upon him, he is an unwise son: for now he shall not stand in the breach of the children.