Hosea 10:2-4

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² Their heart is false;
    now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord^[a] will break down their altars
    and destroy their pillars.
³ For now they will say:
    ^(A)“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
    and a king—what could he do for us?”
⁴ They utter ^(B)mere words;
    with empty oaths they make covenants;
so ^(C)judgement springs up like poisonous weeds
    ^(D)in the furrows of the field.