For now they say,
“We have no king,
Because we did not fear the Lord.
And as for a king, what would he do for us?”
They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up (A)like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

They speak vain words, [a]swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment [b]springeth up as [c]hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 10:4 Or, they swear falsely, they make covenants
  2. Hosea 10:4 Or, shall spring up
  3. Hosea 10:4 Hebrew rosh. See Dt. 29:18.