^{5 Ref} The people of Samaria will be full of fear because of the ox of Beth-aven; its people will have sorrow for it, and its priests will give cries of grief for its glory, for the glory has gone in flight.

^{6 Ref} And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.

^{7 Ref} As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.

^{8 Ref} And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.