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The people from ·Israel [L Samaria; C the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel] are worried about
    the ·calf-shaped idol [calf; heifer; 1 Kin. 12:28] at Beth Aven [4:15].
The people will ·cry about [mourn over] it,
    and the ·priests [idol-priests] will ·cry about [lament/wail over] it.
They used to ·shout for joy [rejoice] about its glory,
    but ·it has been taken from them into exile [or its glory has departed].
It will be carried off to Assyria
    as a gift to ·the great king [or King Jareb; C this may be a title or a personal name].
·Israel [L Ephraim; 4:17] will be disgraced,
    and ·the people [L Israel] will be ashamed for ·not obeying [or its counsel; or its wooden idol].
·Israel [L Samaria; v. 5] will be destroyed;
    its king will be like a ·chip of wood [twig] floating on the water.

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