Hosea 7:2-4

Common English Bible

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.