Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind; all the day he multiplies lies and ruin. And they cut a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
And now they sin more and more, and they have made themselves a molten image of their silver, idols according to their understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, Men who sacrifice, let them kiss calves.
The one acting unjustly, let him still act unjustly; and the filthy one, let him still be filthy; and the righteous one, let him still do righteousness; and the holy one, let him still be holy.