<p class="poetry">Samaria and its king will be carried off<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a twig<n id="2" /> on the surface of the waters.p>

<p class="poetry">O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol!p> <p class="poetry">My anger burns against them!p> <p class="poetry">They will not survive much longer without being punished,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even though they are Israelites!p>

<p class="poetry">whenever I want to heal Israel,p> <p class="poetry">the sin of Ephraim is revealed,p> <p class="poetry">and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed.p> <p class="poetry">For they do what is wrong;p> <p class="poetry">thieves break into houses,p> <p class="poetry">and gangs rob people out in the streets.p>

<p class="poetry">That idol was made by a workman &#8211; it is not God!p> <p class="poetry">The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The inhabitants<n id="1" /> of Samaria will lament<n id="2" /> over the calf idol<n id="3" /> of Beth Aven.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Its people will mourn over it;p> <p class="poetry">its idolatrous priests will wail<n id="5" /> over it,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">because its splendor will be taken from them<n id="7" /> into exile.p>

<p class="poetry"><v id="(14:1)" /><n id="1" /> Samaria will be held guilty,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because she rebelled against her God.p> <p class="poetry">They will fall by the sword,p> <p class="poetry">their infants will be dashed to the ground &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">their<n id="3" /> pregnant women will be ripped open.p>