13 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;^(A)
    he was exalted^(B) in Israel.
    But he became guilty of Baal worship^(C) and died.

² Now they sin more and more;
    they make^(A) idols for themselves from their silver,^(B)
cleverly fashioned images,
    all of them the work of craftsmen.^(C)
It is said of these people,
    “They offer human sacrifices!
    They kiss^[a](D) calf-idols!^(E)”