Hosea 10:1-3

The Voice

10 Israel, once a vibrant vine that bore adequate fruit, is now barren.
    The more fruit he bore, the more altars he made;
    the more his fertile soil produced, the more he made the sacred pillars.
² But they aren’t loyal to God in their hearts, and now they’ll pay the penalty:
    the Eternal will break apart their altars and smash their sacred pillars.
³ Then they’ll say, “We don’t have our own king anymore
    because we didn’t fear the Eternal One.
But even if we still had a king, what could he do for us?”