Israel [is] a luxuriant vine; he yields fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, [the more] he made numerous altars. The more his land prospered, [the more] he improved [his] stone pillars.

but now they are sinning more and more, crafting idols from melted silver. Their idols are made with the most exacting skill, all of it the work of craftsmen. People say about them, "They offer human sacrifice, and kiss calf-shaped idols.'

"The more they increased in number, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into shame.

"The more altars Ephraim builds for sin, the more altars there will be for sin.

The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.