Hosea 10:3
King James Version
“For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?”
Context
1Israel 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.
2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
6It shall be also carried unto Assyria a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.