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)”

12 ^[a]1 Ephraim^(A) feeds on the wind;^(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.^(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria^(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.^(E)

² But the more they were called,
    the more they went away from me.^[a](A)
They sacrificed to the Baals^(B)
    and they burned incense to images.^(C)