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For from Israel is even this: A workman made it, and it is not God; But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

"Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning.

I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.

For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

14 "For Israel has forgotten his Maker,And has built temples; [fn] Judah also has multiplied fortified cities;But I will send fire upon his cities,And it shall devour his palaces."

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, Nor shall their sacrifices be pleasing to Him. It shall be like bread of mourners to them; All who eat it shall be defiled. For their bread shall be for their own life; It shall not come into the house of the LORD.

For indeed they are gone because of destruction. Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver; Thorns shall be in their tents.

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird-- No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!

"All their wickedness is in Gilgal, For there I hated them. Because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them from My house; I will love them no more. All their princes are rebellious.

Israel empties his vine; He brings forth fruit for himself. According to the multitude of his fruit He has increased the altars; According to the bounty of his land They have embellished his sacred pillars.

For now they say, "We have no king, Because we did not fear the LORD. And as for a king, what would he do for us?"

The inhabitants of Samaria fearBecause of the calf [fn] of Beth Aven.For its people mourn for it,And its priests shriek for it--Because its glory has departed from it.

The idol also shall be carried to Assyria As a present for King Jareb. Ephraim shall receive shame, And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water.

When it is My desire, I will chasten them.Peoples shall be gathered against themWhen I bind them for their two transgressions. [fn]

Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

And Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.'

Jacob fled to the country of Syria; Israel served for a spouse, And for a wife he tended sheep.