¹² On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping,^(A) for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
¹³ But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”^(B)

⁵ The residents of Samaria^(A) will have anxiety
over the calf^(B) of Beth-aven.^(C)
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.^(D)
It will certainly depart from them.