1 “Put a shofar to your mouth! Like a vulture he comes against the house of Adonai. For they overstepped My covenant and transgressed My Torah.
2 Will they cry out to Me, ‘My God, we—Israel—knew You’?
3 Israel has rejected goodness— an adversary will pursue him.
4 They crowned kings, but not by Me. They appointed princes I did not approve. Their silver and gold they made into idols— just so they would be cut down.
5 Samaria! Your calf is thrown down! My anger is kindled against them! How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For a craftsman from Israel made it, so it is no god. For the calf of Samaria will be splinters.
7 “For they sow wind, and reap a whirlwind. There is no mature grain— the sprout yields no meal. Should it produce anything, strangers would swallow it up.