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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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?’
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]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:4 Lit. make a covenant
  2. Hosea 10:4 Cf. Deut 29:18