Hosea 13:10-12

New Century Version

¹⁰ What good is your king?
    Can he save you in any of your towns?
What good are your leaders?
    You said, ‘Give us a king and leaders.’
¹¹ So I gave you a king, but only in anger,
    and I took him away in my great anger.
¹² The sins of Israel are on record,
    stored away, waiting for punishment.