2. Even now they persist in sin!They make metal images for themselves,idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver;all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen!There is a saying about them:“Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!”
3. Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist,like early morning dew that evaporates,like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor,like smoke that disappears through an open window.
4. But I am the Lord your God,who brought you out of Egypt.Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me;except me there is no Savior.
5. I cared for you in the wilderness,in the dry desert where no water was.
6. When they were fed, they became satisfied;when they were satisfied, they became proud;as a result, they forgot me!
7. So I will pounce on them like a lion;like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8. I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs – I will rip open their chests.I will devour them there like a lion – like a wild animal would tear them apart.
9. I will destroy you, O Israel!Who is there to help you?
10. Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities?Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying,“Give me a king and princes”?