2. Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues.
3. For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?
4. They speak mere words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.
5. The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calf of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the idolatrous priests thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.
6. Yea, it shall be carried unto Assyria as a present for king Jareb: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7. As for Samaria her king is cut off as chips upon the face of the waters.