13 “When the tribe of^[a] Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
    and it was exalted within Israel.
But when they offended God by Baal,
    they died,
² but now they are sinning more and more,
    crafting idols from melted silver.
Their idols are made with the most exacting skill,
    all of it the work of craftsmen.
People^[b] say about them,
    ‘They offer human sacrifice,
        and kiss calf-shaped idols.’^[c]
3 Therefore they will be like morning clouds,
    like early morning dew that evaporates,
like chaff blown away from the threshing floor,
    or like smoke from a chimney.”^[d]