Hosea 10:3-4

Christian Standard Bible

³ In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.^(A)
What can a king do for us?”
⁴ They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.^(B)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.^(C)