Hosea 10:4-6

New Catholic Bible

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.
⁶ It will be carried to Assyria
    as an offering to the great king.
Ephraim will be disgraced,
    and Israel will be shamed by his schemes.