7"Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people, whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;H7495H3478H5771H669H1540H7451H8111H6466H8267H1590H935H1416H6584H2351

2but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.H559H3824H2142H7451H4611H5437H6440

3"They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.H4428H8055H7451H8269H3585

4They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.H5003H8574H1197H644H7673H5782H3888H1217H2556

5On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.H3117H4428H8269H2470H2534H3196H4900H3027H3945

6Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.H7126H3820H8574H693H644H3463H3915H1242H1197H3852H784

7All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.H2552H8574H398H8199H4428H5307H7121

8"Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat cake not turned over.H669H1101H5971H669H5692H2015

9Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.H2114H398H3581H3045H7872H2236H3045

10Israel's arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.H1347H3478H6030H6440H7725H3068H430H1245

11"Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless—now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.H669H6601H3123H3820H7121H4714H1980H804

12When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like birds of the air. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.H3212H6566H7568H3381H5775H8064H3256H5712H8088

13Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak lies against me.H188H5074H7701H6586H6299H1696H3577

14They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail upon their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.H2199H3820H3213H4904H1481H1715H8492H5493

15I trained them and strengthened them, but they plot evil against me.H3256H2388H2220H2803H7451

16They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.H7725H5920H7423H7198H8269H5307H2719H2195H3956H2097H3933H776H4714