4. They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.
5. He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6. For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
7. For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.