Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided in order to clothe her.

Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!

Look! Even if they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure -- thorn bushes will occupy their homes.

Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.

I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!