<p class="poetry">Ephraim has attached himself to idols;p> <p class="poetry">Do not go near him!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">They enthroned kings without my consent!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They appointed princes without my approval!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They made idols out of their silver and gold,p> <p class="poetry">but they will be destroyed!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even now they persist in sin!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They make metal images for themselves,p> <p class="poetry">idols that they skillfully fashion<n id="2" /> from their own silver;p> <p class="poetry">all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen!p> <p class="poetry">There is a saying about them:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Those who sacrifice<n id="4" /> to the calf idol are calf kissers!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>