Yisra'el, a vine, is emptying its fruit for itself. According to the abundance of its fruit, it multiplied altars. According to the goodness of its land, it made pillars good.

Their heart is divided; now they will be guilty. He will tear down their altars; he will destroy their pillars.

For now they will say, 'We have no king, because we did not fear יהוה.' And the king, what will he do for us?

They speak words, empty oaths, making a covenant. And judgment will sprout like a weed on the furrows of the field.

For the calves of Beit-Aven, the inhabitants of Shomron will tremble. For its people will mourn for it, and its idol priests will rejoice over it, over its glory, because it has been exiled from it.

It also will be brought as a gift to Ashshur, to a powerful king. Efrayim will receive shame, and Yisra'el will be ashamed of its counsel.

Shomron, its king, will be cut off like foam on the face of the water.

And the high places of 'Aven, the sin of Yisra'el, will be destroyed. Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars. And they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us!' and to the hills, 'Fall on us!'

From the days of Giv'ah, you have sinned, Yisra'el. There they stood; the war against the sons of lawlessness will not reach them in Giv'ah.

In my desire, I will discipline them. And peoples will be gathered against them when I bind them for their two transgressions.

And Efrayim is a trained calf, loving to thresh. But I will pass over its beautiful neck. Efrayim will plow; Yehudah will break the ground for itself; Ya'aqov will plow for him.

Sow for yourselves in righteousness; reap according to faithfulness. Plow for yourselves a field, and it is time to seek יהוה until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

You plowed wickedness; you reaped injustice. You ate the fruit of deceit, because you trusted in your way, in the abundance of your warriors.

And a tumult will rise among your people, and all your fortresses will be plundered, like the plunder of Shalman from Beit-Arbel, on the day of battle. A mother will be crushed with her children.

So will Beit-El do to you because of the extreme evil of your evil. In the morning, the king of Yisra'el will be utterly cut off.