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I will attack them like a bear
    that is robbed of her cubs.
    I will rip them wide open.
Like a lion I will eat them up.
    Like a wild animal I will tear them apart.

“Israel, you will be destroyed.
    I helped you. But you turned against me.
10 Where is your king?
    Wasn’t he supposed to save you?
Where are the rulers in all your towns?
    You said, ‘Give us a king and princes.’

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Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(A)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(B) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(C)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(D) against your helper.(E)
10 Where is your king,(F) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(G)

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