3. But Israel has rejected what is good;an enemy will pursue him.
4. They set up kings without my consent;they choose princes without my approval.With their silver and goldthey make idols for themselvesto their own destruction.
5. Throw out your calf-idol, Samaria!My anger burns against them.How long will they be incapable of purity?
6. They are from Israel!This calf – a metalworker has made it;it is not God.It will be broken in pieces,that calf of Samaria.
7. ‘They sow the windand reap the whirlwind.The stalk has no head;it will produce no flour.Were it to yield grain,foreigners would swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up;now she is among the nationslike something no one wants.
9. For they have gone up to Assyrialike a wild donkey wandering alone.Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
10. Although they have sold themselves among the nations,I will now gather them together.They will begin to waste awayunder the oppression of the mighty king.