Hosea 10:3-4
English Standard Version
3 For now they will say:
(A)“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
4 They utter (B)mere words;
with empty[a] oaths they make covenants;
so (C)judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
(D)in the furrows of the field.
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:4 Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)
Hosea 10:3-4
International Standard Version
3 From now on they will say,
‘We have no king,
because we did not fear the Lord—
and what would a king do for us?’
4 Their word is falsely given
as they make their agreements;[a]
so judgment springs up
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.[b]
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:4 Lit. make a covenant
- Hosea 10:4 Cf. Deut 29:18
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