3. But they have turned away from what is good. So an enemy will chase them.
4. My people appoint kings I do not want. They choose princes without my permission. They use their silver and gold to make statues of gods. That is how they destroy themselves."
5. The Lord says, "People of Samaria, throw out your god that looks like a calf! My anger burns against you. How long will it be until you are able to remain faithful to me?
6. Your calf is not God. A skilled worker from Israel made it. But it will be broken to pieces."
7. The Lord says, "Worshiping other gods is like worshiping the wind. It is like planting worthless seeds. Assyria is like a windstorm. That is all my people will harvest. There are no heads of grain on the stems that will come up. So they will not produce any flour. Even if they did produce grain, the Assyrians would eat all of it up.
8. So the people of Israel are swallowed up. Now they are like a worthless pot to me among the nations.