1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
2 Now they continue to sinand make themselves a cast image, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them,“Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.”
3 Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes,like chaff blown from a threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.
4 I have been Yahweh your God ever since the land of Egypt;you know no God but Me, and no Savior exists besides Me.
5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 When they had pasture,they became satisfied; they were satisfied,and their hearts became proud. Therefore they forgot Me.