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Hosea 10:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
Hosea 10:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 Surely now they will say, “We have (A)no king,
For we do not fear Yahweh.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”
4 They speak mere words;
[a]With (B)worthless oaths they cut covenants;
And (C)judgment flourishes like gall in the furrows of the field.
5 The dweller of Samaria will fear
For the [b](D)calf of (E)Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its (F)idolatrous priests [c]will cry out over it,
Over its (G)glory, since it has gone into exile from them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:4 Or Swearing falsely in cutting a covenant
- Hosea 10:5 As in some ancient versions; Heb heifers
- Hosea 10:5 Or who used to rejoice over
Hosea 10:3-5
New International Version
Hosea 10:3-5
New International Version
3 Then they will say, “We have no king
because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
what could he do for us?”
4 They make many promises,
take false oaths(A)
and make agreements;(B)
therefore lawsuits spring up
like poisonous weeds(C) in a plowed field.
5 The people who live in Samaria fear
for the calf-idol(D) of Beth Aven.[a](E)
Its people will mourn over it,
and so will its idolatrous priests,(F)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
because it is taken from them into exile.(G)
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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