They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
I took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I healed them.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.
He exalted himself in Israel,
But through Baal he did wrong and died.