Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 10:3

"Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?" — Hosea 10:3 (ASV)

To us.—Better, as for a king, what will he do for us? The prophet, having witnessed a succession of Israelite kings overthrown and anarchy as its consequence, predicts yet another time of confusion and helplessness, a full vindication of the threatenings of the prophet Samuel. (Compare to 1 Samuel 8:19.)