Hosea 10:3
Good News Translation
These people will soon be saying, "We have no king because we did not fear the LORD. But what could a king do for us anyway?"

New Revised Standard Version
For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD, and a king—what could he do for us?”

Contemporary English Version
"We don't have a king," you will say. "We don't fear the LORD. And what good are kings?"

New American Bible
For now they will say, “We have no king! Since we do not fear the LORD, the king—what could he do for us?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?

We have.

Hosea 10:7,15 Samaria hath made her king to pass as froth upon the face of the water. . . .

Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall sit many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without theraphim.

Hosea 11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted.

Hosea 13:11 I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.

Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.

Micah 4:9 And thou, O cloudy tower of the flock, of the daughter of Sion, unto thee shall it come: yea the first power shall come, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

John 19:15 But they cried out: Away with him: Away with him: Crucify him. Pilate saith to them: shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar.

Context
Retribution for Israel's Sin
2Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars. 3For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?4You speak words of an unprofitable vision, and you shall make a covenant: and judgment shall spring up as bitterness in the furrows of the field.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:25
But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together.

Psalm 12:4
Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: who is Lord over us?

Isaiah 5:19
That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall sit many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without theraphim.

Hosea 10:2
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