1“Israel was like a large healthy/luxuriant vine [MET]
2They are deceitful;
3Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh
4They falsely promise that they will do many things;
5The people who live in Samaria city are worried about what may happen to the idol that resembles a calf that they set up at Beth-Aven town.
6It will be taken to Assyria
7The King of Samaria and the other people in Samaria will be gone;
8The altars on the tops of hills where the people worshiped idols will be destroyed;
9You people of Israel, ever since your ancestors did evil things at Gibeah,
10So now, when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people.
11Israel is like [MET] a well-trained ◄heifer/young cow►
12You plow your fields and plant your seeds and harvest your crops [MET],
13You plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them;
14As a result, you will soon hear the roar of battle,
15You people of [APO] Bethel city, that is what will happen to you,