Hosea 7:1-7 (New International Version)

Hosea 7

 ¹ 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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