Oseas 10:3

3 Tal vez dirán: «No hemos temido al SEÑOR,y por eso no tenemos rey.Pero aun si lo tuviéramos,¿qué podría hacer por nosotros?»

Oseas 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 10:3

For now they shall say, we have no king
This they would say, either when they had one; but by their conduct and behaviour said they had none; because they had no regard unto him, no affection for him, and reverence of him; but everyone did what was right in his own eyes: or during the interregnum, between the murder of Pekah, which was in the twentieth year of Jotham, and the settlement of Hoshea, which was in the twelfth of Ahaz; see ( 2 Kings 15:30 ) ( 17:1 ) ; or when the land of Israel was invaded, and their king was shut up in prison, and Samaria besieged, so that it was as if they had no king; they had none to protect and defend them, to sally out at the head of them against the enemy, and fight their battles for them; or rather when the city was taken, the altars broke down, their images spoiled, and they and their king carried captive: because we feared not the Lord:
did not serve and worship him, but idols; and this sin, casting off the fear of the Lord, was the source and cause of all their troubles and sorrows; of the invasion of their land; of the besieging and taking their city, and having no king to rule over them, and protect them: what then should a king do to us?
if they had one, he could be of no service to them; for since they had offended God, the King of kings, and made him their enemy, what could an earthly king, a weak mortal man, do for them, or against him? it was now all over with them, and they could have no expectation of help and deliverance.

Oseas 10:3 In-Context

1 Israel era una vid frondosaque daba fruto a su antojo.Pero cuanto más aumentaba su fruto,más altares se construía;cuanto más prosperaba su país,más hermosas hacía sus piedras sagradas.

2 Su corazón es escurridizo,pero tendrá que cargar con su culpa.El SEÑOR destrozará sus altaresy devastará sus piedras sagradas.

3 Tal vez dirán: «No hemos temido al SEÑOR,y por eso no tenemos rey.Pero aun si lo tuviéramos,¿qué podría hacer por nosotros?»

4 Hablan solo por hablar;juran en falso y hacen tratos;¡por eso florecen los pleitoscomo la mala yerba en el campo!

5 Temen los moradores de Samariapor el becerro que adoran en Bet Avén.El pueblo del becerro hará duelo por él,lo mismo que sus sacerdotes idólatras.Harán lamentos por su esplendor,porque se lo llevarán al destierro.