King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 13:9
“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.”
Verse in context — Hosea 13
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 whelps], and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.
10
I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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