1 “Sound the alarm on the ram’s horn.
2 They cry out to me, ‘We acknowledge you as our God.’
3 However, they have rejected what is good.
4 “They chose their own kings, kings I didn’t approve.
5 Get rid of your calf-shaped idol, Samaria.
6 Samaria’s calf-shaped idol was made in Israel.
7 “The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm.
8 Israel will be swallowed up.
9 “The people of Israel went to Assyria.
10 Even though they sold themselves among the nations,
11 “The more altars that the people of Ephraim build
12 I have written many things for them in my teachings,
13 They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices,
14 The people of Israel have built palaces,