13 When Ephraim spoke,^(A) there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel.^(B)
But he incurred guilt through Baal^(C) and died.

² Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,^(D)
idols skillfully made from their silver,^(E)
all of them the work of craftsmen.^(F)
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice^[a] kiss the calves.”^(G)