5. I Myself knew you in the wilderness, in a land of terrible drought.
6. While they were fed, they were satisfied. Filled, their hearts became haughty. Therefore they forgot Me.
7. So I became like a lion to them— like a leopard lying in wait by the way.
8. I will meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lioness. A beast of the field will rip them to shreds.
9. It has corrupted you, O Israel, for you are against Me— against your Helper!
10. Where then is your king? So, will he save you in all your cities? Or your judges, to whom you said: ‘Give me a king and princes!’
11. I give you a king in My anger, and take him away in My wrath.
12. Ephraim is bound by iniquity; his sin is treasured up.
13. Pains of birth come on him. He is not a wise son. When the time comes, he should not delay at the opening of the womb.