Their heart is [a](A)deceitful;
Now they must suffer for their (B)guilt.
[b]The Lord will (C)break down their altars
And destroy their memorial stones.

Certainly now they will say, “We have (D)no king,
For we do not revere the Lord.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”
They speak mere words,
[c]With (E)worthless oaths they make covenants;
And (F)judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:2 Lit slippery; or divided
  2. Hosea 10:2 Lit He
  3. Hosea 10:4 Or Swearing falsely in making a covenant

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