5. I hate that calf-shaped idol.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 whirlwind.Her plans are like a stalk with no head of grain.It produces nothing.Even if it produces something,other nations would eat it.
8. Israel is destroyed.The people are mixed among the other nations.They have become useless to me.
9. Like a wild donkey,Israel has run to Assyria.Israel has hired other nations to protect her.