and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions [as his] words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.
KJV
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Parallel Translations
and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions [as his] words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Cross References
Amos 6:12Hosea 4:2Amos 5:72 Kings 17:3–4Deuteronomy 29:18Ezekiel 17:13–19Hosea 6:7Isaiah 59:13–15Acts 8:23Romans 1:31Isaiah 5:72 Timothy 3:3Revelation 8:10–11Hebrews 12:15
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