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.
14. Should I ransom them from the hand of Sheol? Should I redeem them from death? O death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Comfort is hidden from My eyes.”
15. Because he is the son of kinsmen, he should have been fruitful. An east wind will come— the wind from Adonai, coming up from the wilderness. His spring will become dry, and his fountain will dry up. He will plunder the treasury of every precious vessel.