3. But Israel has rejected what is good,so the enemy will chase them.
4. They chose their own kingswithout asking my permission.They chose their own leaders,people I did not know.They made their silver and gold into idols,and for all this they will be destroyed.
5. I hate the calf-shaped idol of Israel!I am very angry with the people.How long will they remain unclean?
6. The idol is something a craftsman made;it is not God.Israel’s calf-shaped idolwill surely be smashed to pieces.
7. “Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind,but they will harvest a storm.Like a stalk with no head of grain,it produces nothing.Even if it produced something,other nations would eat it.
8. Israel is eaten up;the people are mixed among the other nationsand have become useless to me.
9. Israel is like a wild donkey all by itself.They have run to Assyria;They have hired other nations to protect them.