4. They have reigned, but not by me; they have made dominion, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols that they may be cut off.
5. Thy calf, O Samaria, has cast thee off; my anger has been kindled against them until they could no longer be absolved.
6. For it is of Israel; and a workman made it who is not God: because the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7. For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; they shall have no harvest; the fruit shall yield no meal: if so be it yields, the strangers shall swallow it up.
8. Israel shall be swallowed up; soon they shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which there is no pleasure.
9. For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass thinking only of himself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
10. Even though they hire the Gentiles, now I will gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king and of the princes.
11. Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, the altars shall be a sin unto him.
12. I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as strange things.
13. In the sacrifices of my gifts they sacrificed flesh and ate; but the Lord does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14. For Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.