Hosea 10:3-5

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³ Then they will say, “We have no king,
    because we didn’t ·honor [revere; fear] the Lord [Prov. 1:7].
As for the king,
    ·he couldn’t do anything [^Lwhat could he do…?] for us.”
⁴ With words that mean nothing they make ·false [empty] ·promises [oaths]
    and ·agreements [covenants; treaties] which they don’t keep.
So ·people sue each other in court [^Llawsuits/judgments spring up];
    they are like poisonous weeds growing in [^Lthe rows/furrows of] a plowed field.
⁵ The people from ·Israel [^LSamaria; ^Cthe capital of the northern kingdom of Israel] are worried about
    the ·calf-shaped idol [calf; heifer; 1 Kin. 12:28] at Beth Aven [4:15].
The people will ·cry about [mourn over] it,
    and the ·priests [idol-priests] will ·cry about [lament/wail over] it.
They used to ·shout for joy [rejoice] about its glory,
    but ·it has been taken from them into exile [or its glory has departed].