“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in Me is thine help.  I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?  I gave thee a king in Mine anger, and took him away in My wrath.  The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.   The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.   I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.”  Hosea 13:9-14 (KJV)

Today’s Bible Reading –

Psalms 51 – 57