11 Ephraim is a trained heifer

that loves to thresh;

so I will put a yokeh

on her fair neck.

I will drive Ephraim,

Judah must plow,

and Jacob must break up the ground.

12 Sowi righteousnessj for yourselves,

reap the fruit of unfailing love,

and break up your unplowed ground;k

for it is time to seekl the Lord,

until he comes

and showers his righteousnessm on you.

13 But you have planted wickedness,

you have reaped evil,n

you have eaten the fruit of deception.o

Because you have depended on your own strength

and on your many warriors,p

14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,

so that all your fortresses will be devastatedq—

as Shalmanr devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,

when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.s

15 So will it happen to you, Bethel,

because your wickedness is great.

When that day dawns,

the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.t