Hosea 10:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ Then they will say,
    “We have no king
    because we did not serve the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”
⁴ They make many empty promises,
    swear false oaths and draw up treaties.
Thus litigation spreads like poisonous weeds
    in the furrows of the fields.
⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
    for the calf of Beth-aven.
The people mourn for it,
    and its idolatrous priests mourn over it,
    over its glory that has departed from it.