For now, &c.— Surely presently shall they say, We have no king, because we feared not the JEHOVAH; and a king, what could he do for us? "After Israel shall be brought into captivity, and shall have no king over their nation, they shall then acknowledge that this misfortune has happened to them through their own fault, and because they have not feared the Lord. They shall acknowledge, that it would profit them nothing to have kings, without having also the protection of God." See Calmet.
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Hosea 10:3
3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?