Hosea 10:3 in the King James Version
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
Context
2 Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
3 Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?”
4 They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.