“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.”
King James Version (KJV)
13:7 Observe them - Watch for them, that I might be sure to take them.
13:8 Rent - First kill, then tear in pieces, and pull out the very heart.
13:10 Thy king - I would have been thy king to govern and save thee, but thou refusedst me in both: yet I will be thy king to punish thee. Thy judges - Where are they now? And princes - Necessary to assist the king.
13:11 A king - Such as Shallum, Menahem, Pekah.