Hosea 10:4
and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions as his words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord:
Cross References
2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Salamanassar king of the Assyrians; and Osee became his servant, and rendered him tribute.
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and + 5:7 Gr. a man.the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.
Ezekiel 17:13And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:
Hosea 6:7But they are as a man transgressing a covenant:
Amos 6:12Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:
Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:2-9
Degeneracy of Israel; Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord ; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken… Read the whole commentary →