Hosea 10:2-4

Common English Bible

² Their heart is false;
        now they must bear their guilt.
    The Lord will break down their altars
        and destroy their standing stones.
³ For now they will say:
        “We have no king,
    because we don’t love the Lord.
        What then could a king do for us?”
⁴ They have spoken empty words,
        swearing falsely when making covenants;
    so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
        in the furrows of the field.