1 Israel is a vine with fine branches, her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude of her fruits she has multiplied her altars; according to the prosperity of his land, he has set up pillars. 2 They have divided their hearts; now they will be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn. 3 Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we did not fear the Lord: and what should a king do for us? 4 Speaking false professions as his words, he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field. 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them. 6 And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to king Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel. 7 Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water. 8 And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 9 From the time the hills existed Israel has sinned: there they stood: war shall not overtake them on the hill against the children of iniquity. 10 He came to chastise them, and the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are disciplined for their two sins, 11 Ephraim is a heifer taught to love strife, but I will come upon the fair part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Judah in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him. 12 Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light for yourselves the light of knowledge;⁠a seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you. 13 Why have you passed over ungodliness in silence, and reaped the sins of it? you have eaten false fruit; for you have trusted in your chariots, in the abundance of your power. 14 Therefore shall destruction rise up among your people, and all your strong places shall be ruined: as a prince Shalman departed out of the house of Jerubbaal, in the days of battle they dashed the mother to the ground upon the children, 15 I will do this to you, house of Israel, because of your wickedness. Early in the morning they were cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off.