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An artisan made it,
    it is no god at all.(A)
The calf of Samaria
    will be dashed to pieces.

When they sow the wind,
    they will reap the whirlwind;(B)
The stalk of grain that forms no head
    can yield no flour;
Even if it could,
    strangers would swallow it.
Israel is swallowed up;
    now they are among the nations,
    like a useless vessel.

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    They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
    it is not God.(A)
It will be broken in pieces,
    that calf(B) of Samaria.(C)

“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(D)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(E)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(F)
Israel is swallowed up;(G)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.(H)

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