Hosea 10:2-4

Good News Translation

² The people whose hearts are deceitful must now suffer for their sins. God will break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

³ These people will soon be saying, “We have no king because we did not fear the Lord. But what could a king do for us anyway?” ⁴ They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.