4
They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.
5
Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
6
Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
7
for they sowed blighted , and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
8
Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.