They set up kings without my consent;
    they choose princes without my approval.(A)
With their silver and gold
    they make idols(B) for themselves
    to their own destruction.
Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(C)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(D)
    They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
    it is not God.(E)
It will be broken in pieces,
    that calf(F) of Samaria.(G)

“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(H)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(I)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(J)

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