1Ki 12:28, 2Ch 13:12, 19:2, Isa 28:1-3, Hos 5:13-15, 9:13 | ESV | STEP | So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold . And he said to the people, You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough . Behold your gods , O Israel , who brought you up out of the land of Egypt .

1 Kings 12:28

28 So the king took counsel and ^amade two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. ^bBehold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

2 Chronicles 13:12

12 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests ^cwith their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, ^ddo not fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”

2 Chronicles 19:2

2 But ^eJehu the son of ^fHanani ^gthe seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you ^hhelp the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, ⁱwrath has gone out against you from the Lord.

Isaiah 28:1-3

Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem

1 Ah, the proud crown of ^jthe drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has ^kone who is mighty and strong;
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like ^la storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
he casts down to the earth with his hand.
3 ^mThe proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
will be trodden underfoot;

Hosea 5:13-15

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah ⁿhis wound,
then Ephraim went ^oto Assyria,
and sent to the great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
^qBut he is not able to cure you
or heal ^ryour wound.
14 For I will be ^slike a lion to ^tEphraim,
and like a young lion to the house of ^uJudah.
^vI, even I, will tear and go away;
I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
15 ^wI will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and ^xin their distress earnestly seek me.

Hosea 9:13

13 Ephraim, ^yas I have seen, was like a young palm ^{▼▼Or like Tyre} planted in a meadow;
but ^aaEphraim must lead his children out to slaughter. ^{▼▼Hebrew to him who slaughters}