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Their heart is [a](A)faithless;
Now they must bear their (B)guilt.
[b]Yahweh will (C)break down their altars
And destroy their sacred pillars.

Surely now they will say, “We have (D)no king,
For we do not fear Yahweh.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”
They speak mere words;
[c]With (E)worthless oaths they cut covenants;
And (F)judgment flourishes like gall in the furrows of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:2 Lit smooth
  2. Hosea 10:2 Lit He
  3. Hosea 10:4 Or Swearing falsely in cutting a covenant