Hosea 13:1-6

New King James Version

13 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
² Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let ^[a]the men who sacrifice ^[b]kiss the calves!”
³ Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
^(A)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.