Hosea 13:9

7 So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.

10 Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

11 So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
KJV
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
WEB
You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
ASV
It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
DARBY
It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
BLB
He has destroyed you, O Israel, for [you are] against Me, against your helper!
ÅB
Det er blitt til din ødeleggelse, Israel, at du har satt deg opp imot meg, jeg som er din hjelp.
OTB
Det er til din ødeleggelse, Israel,
At du er mot Meg, mot din hjelp.
B1930
Det er blitt til din ødeleggelse, Israel, at du har satt dig op imot mig, jeg som er din hjelp.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 2:17

    Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

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  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:26

    “There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.

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  • Psalms 146:5

    Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

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  • Psalms 121:1–2

    I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

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  • Deuteronomy 33:29

    Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

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  • Proverbs 6:32

    He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

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  • Jeremiah 5:25

    Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

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