3. Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4. They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5. He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
6. For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7. For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.
9. For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.