Hosea 13:1-3

Modern English Version

13 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
    he was exalted in Israel.
    But he incurred guilt through Baal worship and he died.
² And now they continue sinning
    and have made a cast image for themselves,
idols of their silver, according to their understanding;
    all of them the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
    “Those who sacrifice^[a]
    are kissing calves!”
³ Therefore they will be like the morning cloud,
    or like the early dew that passes away,
    like chaff blown off the threshing floor,
    or like the smoke from a chimney.