Because their mother was unfaithful; she who conceived them has acted shamefully, for she said: "I will go after my lovers, the ones who give [me] my bread, my water, my wool, and my flax, my oil, and my drink."

The princes of Judah have become like those who remove a landmark; on them I will pour out my wrath like water.

They utter words of vain oaths [when] {making covenants}, and judgment blossoms like a poisonous plant on the furrows of the field.

Samaria will be destroyed; her king [is] like a chip on the surface of the water.