¹² The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day^(A)
to weep^(B) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair^(C) and put on sackcloth.^(D)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,^(E)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!^(F)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”^(G)

⁵ The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol^(A) of Beth Aven.^[a](B)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,^(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.^(D)