3. Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4. Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior besides me.
5. I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7. Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
8. I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the fat of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9. O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help.
10. I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?
11. I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.
12. The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.