Hosea 10:3-5

Lexham English Bible

³ For now they will say,
    “We have no king;
indeed, we did not fear Yahweh,
    and what can a king do for us?”
⁴ They utter words of vain oaths
    when making covenants,^[a]
and judgment blossoms like a poisonous plant
    on the furrows of the field.
⁵ The inhabitants^[b] of Samaria tremble
    for the calf^[c] of Beth-aven.
Indeed, his people will mourn for it,
    and his idolatrous priests will wail^[d] over it—
    over its glory because it has departed from it.