3. For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then could a king do for us?
4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5. The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for its people shall mourn over it, and its idolatrous priests shall wail over it, for its glory has departed from it.
6. It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7. As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.