"I tookyour sinful[thing], the calfwhichyou had made,and burnedit with fireand crushedit, grindingit verysmalluntilit was as fineas dust;and I threwits dustinto the brookthat camedownfrom the mountain.
He alsoremovedMaacahhis motherfrom [being] queenmother,becauseshe had madea horridimageas an Asherah;and Asacutdownher horridimageand burned[it] at the brookKidron.
he also toredownthe altarsand beatthe Asherimand the carvedimagesinto powder,and choppeddownallthe incensealtarsthroughoutthe landof Israel.Then he returnedto Jerusalem.
He tookthe calfwhichthey had madeand burned[it] with fire,and groundit to powder,and scatteredit overthe surfaceof the waterand made the sonsof Israeldrink[it].
And you will defileyour gravenimagesoverlaidwith silver,and your moltenimagesplatedwith gold.You will scatterthem as an impurething,[and] sayto them, "Be gone!"
For in that dayeverymanwill castawayhis silveridolsand his goldidols,whichyour sinful handshave madefor you as a sin.
SinceEphraimhas multipliedaltarsfor sin,They have becomealtarsof sinningfor him.
Allof her idolswill be smashed,Allof her earningswill be burnedwith fireAnd allof her imagesI will makedesolate,For she collected[them] from a harlot'searnings,And to the earningsof a harlotthey will return.
"The LORDwas angryenoughwith Aaronto destroyhim; so I alsoprayedfor Aaronat the sametime.
