Hosea 10:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ Certainly now they will say, “We have no king
    because we did not fear the Lord,
    but what could such a king do for us anyway?”
⁴ They speak empty words.
    With empty oaths, they make agreements.
    That is why disputes sprout like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria will be terrified because of the calf^[a] of Beth Aven.
    Yes, its people will mourn over it,
    and its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,
    over its lost glory, because it has gone into exile.