^2 (A)The more they were called,
    the more they went away;
^(B)they kept sacrificing to the Baals
    and burning offerings to idols.

13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
    ^(A)he was exalted in Israel,
    but he incurred guilt ^(B)through Baal and died.
² And now they sin more and more,
    and ^(C)make for themselves metal images,
idols skilfully made of their silver,
    ^(D)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
    “Those who offer human sacrifice ^(E)kiss calves!”