³ For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king -- what doth he for us?

¹⁵ Thus hath Beth-El done to you, Because of the evil of your wickedness, In the dawn cut off utterly is a king of Israel!

⁷ Cut off is Samaria! Its king `is' as a chip on the face of the waters.

¹¹ I give to thee a king in Mine anger, And I take away in My wrath.

¹⁰ The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his `is' the obedience of peoples.

⁴ For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.

⁵ He turneth not back unto the land of Egypt, And Asshur -- he `is' his king, For they have refused to return.

⁹ Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king -- is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?

¹⁵ and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'