1. When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, But through Baal he did wrong and died.
2. And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves molten images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!"
3. Therefore they will be like the morning cloud And like dew which soon disappears, Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney.
4. Yet I have been the Lord your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior besides Me.
5. I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.
6. As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, And being satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore they forgot Me.