עָשׁ֥וּק אֶפְרַ֖יִם רְצ֣וּץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֣י הוֹאִ֔יל הָלַ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵי־צָֽו׃
Inaapi ang Efraim, nadurog sa paghatol, sapagkat kusang-loob siyang sumunod sa utos.
Sanhedrin
Rav Chisda and Rav Yitzchak bar Avidimi answered that question. One said: (Exodus 32:8) "They have quickly turned from the path that they have been commanded to follow and have made themselves [a golden calf]." The other one said: (Hosea 5:11), "Ephraim is defrauded, robbed of justice, because he has witlessly gone after futility."