Hosea 7:1-10

New International Version

³ “They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.^(H)
4 They are all adulterers,^(I)
    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,^(J)
    and he joins hands with the mockers.^(K)
6 Their hearts are like an oven;^(L)
    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,^(M)
    and none of them calls^(N) on me.

⁸ “Ephraim mixes^(O) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
⁹ Foreigners sap his strength,^(P)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.
¹⁰ Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,^(Q)
    but despite all this
he does not return^(R) to the Lord his God
    or search^(S) for him.