Hosea 10:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ “We don't have a king,”
    you will say.
“We don't fear the Lord.
    And what good are kings?”
⁴ Israel, you break treaties
    and don't keep promises;
you turn justice
    into poisonous weeds
where healthy plants should grow.^[a]

⁵ All who live in Samaria tremble
with concern for the idols^[b]
    at sinful Bethel.^[c]
The idol there was the pride
    of the priests,
but it has been put to shame;
    now everyone will cry.