<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>

<p class="poetry">When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.p> <p class="poetry">I viewed your ancestors<n id="1" /> like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season.p> <p class="poetry">Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they became as detestable as what they loved.p>

<p class="poetry">I led them with leather<n id="1" /> cords,p> <p class="poetry">with leather<n id="2" /> ropes;p> <p class="poetry">I lifted the yoke<n id="3" /> from their neck,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and gently fed them.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is there idolatry<n id="1" /> in Gilead?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Certainly its inhabitants<n id="3" /> will come to nothing!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?p> <p class="poetry">Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">This is the word of the <sc>Lordsc> which was revealed to Hosea<n id="2" /> son of Beeri during the time when<n id="3" /> Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah ruled Judah,<n id="4" /> and during the time when Jeroboam son of Joash<n id="5" /> ruled Israel.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Hear this, you priests!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, you Israelites!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Listen closely,<n id="2" /> O king!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For judgment is about to overtake you!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For you were like a trap<n id="5" /> to Mizpah,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">like a net<n id="7" /> spread out to catch Tabor.<n id="8" />p>