⁴ They made kings, but not through me.
    They set up princes, but without my knowledge.
With their silver and gold they made idols
    for their own destruction.
⁵ I have^[a] spurned your calf, O Samar′ia.
    My anger burns against them.
How long will it be
    till they are pure ⁶ in Israel?^[b]

A workman made it;
    it is not God.
The calf of Samar′ia
    shall be broken to pieces.^[c]

⁷ For they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads,
    it shall yield no meal;
if it were to yield,
    aliens would devour it.

¹¹ Because E′phraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
    they have become to him altars for sinning.
¹² Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands,
    they would be regarded as a strange thing.
¹³ They love sacrifice;^[a]
    they sacrifice flesh and eat it;
    but the Lord has no delight in them.
Now he will remember their iniquity,
    and punish their sins;
    they shall return to Egypt.