1 “Put the trumpet to your lips and give the warning!The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s people like an eagle.The Israelites have broken my agreementand have turned against my teachings.
2 They cry out to me,‘Our God, we in Israel know you!’
3 But Israel has rejected what is good,so the enemy will chase them.
4 They chose their own kingswithout asking my permission.They chose their own leaders,people I did not know.They made their silver and gold into idols,and for all this they will be destroyed.
5 I hate the calf-shaped idol of Israel!I am very angry with the people.How long will they remain unclean?
6 The idol is something a craftsman made;it is not God.Israel’s calf-shaped idolwill surely be smashed to pieces.