I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!

O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!

“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.

I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man – the Holy One among you – I will not come in wrath!