Hos 10:4 | NASB2020 | STEP | They speak mere words , With worthless oaths they make covenants ; And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field .

c Deut 31:16, 17; 2 Kin 17:3, 4; Amos 5:7

Hosea 10:4

4 They speak mere words,
^{▼▼Or Swearing falsely in making a covenant}With ^bworthless oaths they make covenants;
And ^cjudgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.