Hosea 10:3 - The Message

^3-4 They go around saying, “Who needs a king? We couldn’t care less about God, so why bother with a king? What difference would he make?” They talk big, lie through their teeth, make deals. But their high-sounding words turn out to be empty words, litter in the gutters.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Surely now they shall say, We have no [actual] king because we fear not the Lord; and as for the king, what can he do for us?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

Common English Bible

³ For now they will say: “We have no king, because we don’t love the LORD. What then could a king do for us?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For now they will say, "We have no king. For we do not fear the Lord. And what would a king do for us?"

Hosea 10:3 Referencias Cruzadas

Hosea 10:7

Samaria is history. Its king is a dead branch floating down the river. Israel’s favorite sin centers will all be torn down. Thistles and crabgrass will decorate their ruined altars. Then they’ll say to the mountains, “Bury us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

John 19:15

They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “I am to crucify your king?” The high priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.”

Micah 4:9

So why the doomsday hysterics? You still have a king, don’t you? But maybe he’s not doing his job and you’re panicked like a woman in labor. Well, go ahead—twist and scream, Daughter Jerusalem. You are like a woman in childbirth. You’ll soon be out of the city, on your way and camping in the open country. And then you’ll arrive in Babylon. What you lost in Jerusalem will be found in Babylon. God will give you new life again. He’ll redeem you from your enemies.

Hosea 3:4

The people of Israel are going to live a long time stripped of security and protection, without religion and comfort, godless and prayerless. But in time they’ll come back, these Israelites, come back looking for their God and their David-King. They’ll come back chastened to reverence before God and his good gifts, ready for the End of the story of his love.

2 Kings 15:13

Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah. He was king in Samaria for only a month.