Hosea 5:10

The Oppressors of the Helpless Will Be Oppressed

5:10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers.

I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!¹

Hosea 7:7

7:7 All of them are blazing like an oven;

they devour their rulers.

All of their kings fall –

and none of them call on me!

The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel

8:4 They enthroned kings without my consent!²

They appointed princes without my approval!³

They made idols out of their silver and gold,

but they will be destroyed!⁴