Hosea 10:3

New International Reader's Version

Then they’ll say, “We don’t have a king. That’s because we didn’t have any respect for the Lord. But suppose we did have a king. What could he do for us?”

Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The right to rule will not leave Judah. The ruler’s scepter will not be taken from between his feet. It will be his until the king it belongs to will come. The nations will obey that king.

2 Kings 15:13

Shallum became king of Israel. It was in the 39th year that Uzziah was king of Judah. Shallum ruled in Samaria for one month. He was the son of Jabesh.

Psalm 118:9

It is better to go to the Lord for safety than to trust in human leaders.

Psalm 12:4

They say, “What we speak with our tongues will win the battle. What we say with our lips will keep us safe. No one will have victory over us.”

Isaiah 5:19

How terrible for those who say, “Let God hurry up and do what he says he will. We want to see it happen. Let us see the plan of the Holy One of Israel. We want to know what it is.”

Hosea 10:15

People of Bethel, that will happen to you. You have committed far too many sins. When the time comes for me to punish you, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.”

Hosea 10:7

Samaria’s king will be destroyed. He will be like a twig swept away by a river.

Hosea 11:5

“But they refuse to turn away from their sins. So they will return to Egypt. And Assyria will rule over them.

Hosea 13:10

Where is your king? Wasn’t he supposed to save you? Where are the rulers in all your towns? You said, ‘Give us a king and princes.’

Hosea 13:11

So I became angry and gave you a king. Then I took him away from you.

Hosea 3:4

So the people of Israel will live for a long time without a king or prince. They won’t have sacrifices or sacred stones. They won’t have sacred linen aprons or statues of family gods.

Micah 4:9

Why are you crying out so loudly now? Don’t you have a king? Has your ruler died? Is that why pain comes on you like the pain of a woman having a baby?

John 19:15

But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Should I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

1 Samuel 12:25

But don’t be stubborn. Don’t continue to do what is evil. If you do, both you and your king will be destroyed.”