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Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?

For from Israel is this also:—a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

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Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(A)
    My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(B)
    They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
    it is not God.(C)
It will be broken in pieces,
    that calf(D) of Samaria.(E)

“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(F)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(G)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(H)

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