Hosea 10:3-4

New International Version

³Then 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?”
⁴They 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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Hosea 10:3-4

New American Standard Bible

³Certainly 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?”
⁴They speak mere words,
^[a]With ^(B)worthless oaths they make covenants;
And ^(C)judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.