Hosea 5:13-15

Revised Standard Version

¹³ When E′phraim saw his sickness,
    and Judah his wound,
then E′phraim went to Assyria,
    and sent to the great king.^[a]
But he is not able to cure you
    or heal your wound.
¹⁴ For I will be like a lion to E′phraim,
    and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will rend and go away,
    I will carry off, and none shall rescue.

¹⁵ I will return again to my place,
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
    and in their distress they seek me, saying,