Add parallel Print Page Options

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
    for the calf of Beth-aven.
The people mourn for it,
    and its idolatrous priests mourn over it,
    over its glory that has departed from it.
It will be carried to Assyria
    as an offering to the great king.
Ephraim will be disgraced,
    and Israel will be shamed by his schemes.
The king of Samaria will float away
    like a flimsy twig drifting on the water.

Read full chapter