^4 (A)And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf.

Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that ^(B)brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

¹⁶ And ^(A)I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God—had made for yourselves a molded calf! You had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.

^41 (A)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and ^(B)rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which ^(A)I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ^(B)‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”

Idolatry Is Foolishness

²⁸ Therefore the king asked advice, ^(A)made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. ^(B)Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

²¹ because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but ^(A)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ^22 (B)Professing to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and changed the glory of the ^(C)incorruptible ^(D)God into an image made like ^[a]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.