Hosea 5:12-14

Lexham English Bible

¹² But I am like a maggot to Ephraim
    and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
¹³ And when Ephraim saw his illness,
    and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria,
    he sent to the great king.^[a]
But he was unable to cure you
    and heal your wound.
¹⁴ Because I will be like a lion to Ephraim
    and like a fierce strong lion to the house of Judah.
I myself will tear and I will go;
    I will carry off, and there is no one who delivers.