7 When I would heal Israel,
            the evil acts of Ephraim are exposed,
                and the wicked deeds of Samaria;
            for they deceive and steal,
                a thief breaks in;
                a group of bandits raid outside.
²     But they don’t consider within their hearts
            that I remember all their wickedness.
    Now their deeds show who they are,
            right in front of my face.
³     By their wickedness they make the king glad,
            and give joy to the officials with their lies.
⁴     They all act like adulterers;
            they are like a heated oven,
            whose baker doesn’t need to stoke the fire,
                from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
⁵     On the day of our king,
            the officials became sick with the heat of wine;
            he stretched out his hand to those who mocked him.
⁶     They approach like a hot oven, their hearts burning.
            Throughout the night, their anger smolders;
                in the morning, it continues to burn like a flaming fire.
⁷     All of them are hot as an oven;
            they devour their rulers.
    All their kings have fallen;
            none of them call upon me.
⁸     Ephraim mixes himself among the people;
            Ephraim is like flatbread that is cooked on only one side.
⁹     Strangers have eaten up his strength,
            yet he doesn’t know it;
        gray hairs are sprinkled here and there upon him,
            yet he doesn’t know it.
¹⁰     Israel’s pride is a witness against him;
            yet they don’t return to the Lord their God,
                or seek him because of all this.