10. You asked for a king and for leaders, but how can they save the nation?
11. In my anger I have given you kings, and in my fury I have taken them away.
12. “Israel's sin and guilt are on record, and the records are safely stored away.
13. Israel has a chance to live, but is too foolish to take it — like a child about to be born, who refuses to come out of the womb.
14. I will not save this people from the world of the dead or rescue them from the power of death. Bring on your plagues, death! Bring on your destruction, world of the dead! I will no longer have pity for this people.