"¶ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?"

"In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners."

"They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."

"And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this."

"Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up."

"The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid."

"Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not."

"The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."

"Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb."

"The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God."