⁵ The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol^(A) of Beth Aven.^[a](B)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,^(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.^(D)

¹² My people consult a wooden idol,^(A)
    and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.^(B)
A spirit of prostitution^(C) leads them astray;^(D)
    they are unfaithful^(E) to their God.

¹³ you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar^[a]
    and say, “Did we not take Karnaim^[b] by our own strength?^(A)”

² “You only have I chosen^(A)
    of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish^(B) you
    for all your sins.^(C)”