3. Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes,like chaff blown from a threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.
4. I have been Yahweh your God ever since the land of Egypt;you know no God but Me, and no Savior exists besides Me.
5. I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6. When they had pasture,they became satisfied; they were satisfied,and their hearts became proud. Therefore they forgot Me.
7. So I will be like a lion to them;I will lurk like a leopard on the path.
8. I will attack themlike a bear robbed of her cubsand tear open the rib cage over their hearts.I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.
9. I will destroy you, Israel;you have no help but Me.
10. Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities,and the rulers you demanded, saying,“Give me a king and leaders”?
11. I give you a king in My anger and take away a king in My wrath.
12. Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;his sin is stored up.
13. Labor pains come on him. He is not a wise son; when the time comes,he will not be born.
14. I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your barbs?Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.