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

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:4 Or Swearing falsely in making a covenant

For now they will say,
    “We have no king;
indeed, we did not fear Yahweh,
    and what can a king do for us?”
They utter words of vain oaths
    when making covenants,[a]
and judgment blossoms like a poisonous plant
    on the furrows of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:4 Literally “cutting covenant”

Then they will say, “We have no king
    because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”
They make many promises,
    take false oaths(A)
    and make agreements;(B)
therefore lawsuits spring up
    like poisonous weeds(C) in a plowed field.

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