4. They set up kings, but not through Me;they made princes, but I did not knowit.With their silver and gold,they made idols,so that they will be cut off.
5. Your calf, O Samaria, is rejected!My anger is kindled against them.How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6. For it is from Israel;a craftsman made it,and it is not God!The calf of Samariawill be broken to pieces.
7. For they sow the wind,and they will reap the whirlwind.The standing grain has no headand will yield no flour.If it were to yield,foreigners would swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up.Now they are among the nationsas a vessel in which there is no pleasure.