New International Version

Hosea 13:5-10 New International Version (NIV)

5. I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.

6. When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

7. So I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

8. Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.

9. “You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.

10. Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?