3. Israel has spurned the good; the enemy will pursue him.
4. They appointed kings, but not through me; they made officials, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for themselves for their own destruction.
5. Your calf is rejected, O Samaria; my anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6. Because it is from Israel, an artisan made it, it is not a god; for the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
7. Because they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind. The standing grain does not have heads; it will not yield flour. And if it would yield, strangers would devour it.
8. Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations, like an object that no one desires.
9. For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey alone to itself; Ephraim has sold itself for lovers.
10. Even though they have sold themselves to the nations, now I will gather them. They will soon writhe from the burden of kings and princes.