Book of Hosea Chapter 13 Vs. 9

 The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. Hos. 13:9

hast destroyed thyself... They destroyed themselves because they would not follow God or obey Him. In God was their help and preservation from destruction if they had only realized it. After these menaces it might seem I had destroyed thee, but thou thyself hast done it by thy sins. It is the rebel that destroys himself, though he falls by the sword of his provoked sovereign: thou art the cause and author of thine own ruin.

but in me... Or, for I was always ready and able to help thee and would certainly have saved thee; but thy sins, thy wickedness carried thee toward other helps, which were lies, and have disappointed thee. And now thou dost perish under thine own choice, whereas hadst thou chosen me I would have helped and saved thee. Or else thus the whole verse: This hath destroyed thee, O Israel, for thou hast rebelled against me, against thy help.

This is a cry for them to stop and consider all of this, before it is too late. Their only help is in the Lord.

When He hath destroyed thee, O Israel-who then may help thee? Where is thy king now? That he may save thee, or all thy princes? that they may rule thee.

Ironically the Helper of Israel would become her Destroyer because she was against Him (Hos. 13:9).