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The calf is from Israel,
        a person made it;
        it is not God.
    The calf of Samaria will be smashed.
Because they sow the wind,
        they will get the whirlwind.
    Standing grain, but no fresh growth;
        it will yield no meal;
    if it were to yield,
        strangers would devour it.

Bargains, apostasy, and coming punishment

Israel is swallowed up;
        among the nations, they are now
        like a useless jar.

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