Hosea 10:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² Their heart is false;
    now they must pay the penalty for the guilt.
God himself will destroy their altars
    and demolish their sacred pillars.
³ Then they will say,
    “We have no king
    because we did not serve the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”
⁴ They make many empty promises,
    swear false oaths and draw up treaties.
Thus litigation spreads like poisonous weeds
    in the furrows of the fields.