Hosea 7:2-4

Easy-to-Read Version

² They don’t believe that I will remember their crimes.
    The bad things they did are all around.
    I can see their sins clearly.
³ Their evil makes their king happy.
    Their false gods please their leaders.
⁴ A baker presses dough to make bread.
    He puts the bread in the oven.
He does not make the fire hotter
    while the bread is rising.
But the people of Israel are not like that.
    They are always making their fire hotter.