1When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.
2And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
3In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
4They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
5On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
6For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
7They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
