¹² So I ^(A)gave them over to their ^(B)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(C)counsels.

² And now they sin more and more,
    and ^(A)make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
    ^(B)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
    “Those who offer human sacrifice ^(C)kiss calves!”

12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
    and pursues ^(A)the east wind all day long;
they multiply ^(B)falsehood and violence;
    ^(C)they make a covenant with Assyria,
    and ^(D)oil is carried to Egypt.

^2 (A)The more they were called,
    the more they went away;
^(B)they kept sacrificing to the Baals
    and burning offerings to idols.