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
New Living Translation
3 Then they will say, “We have no king
because we didn’t fear the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
what could he do for us anyway?”
4 They spout empty words
and make covenants they don’t intend to keep.
So injustice springs up among them
like poisonous weeds in a farmer’s field.
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