5. Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
6. For from Israel is this also: --a workman made it, and it is no God for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7. For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9. For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.