1When I would have healed7495 Israel3478, then the iniquity5771 of Ephraim669 was discovered1540, and the wickedness7451 of Samaria8111: for they commit6466 falsehood8267; and the thief1590 cometh in935, and the troop1416 of robbers spoileth6584 without2351.
2And they consider559 not in their hearts3824 that I remember2142 all their wickedness7451: now their own doings4611 have beset them about5437; they are before my face6440.
3They make the king4428 glad8055 with their wickedness7451, and the princes8269 with their lies3585.
4They are all adulterers5003, as an oven8574 heated1197 by the baker644, who ceaseth7673 from raising5782 after he hath kneaded3888 the dough1217, until it be leavened2556.
5In the day3117 of our king4428 the princes8269 have made him sick2470 with bottles2534 of wine3196; he stretched out4900 his hand3027 with scorners3945.
6For they have made ready7126 their heart3820 like an oven8574, whiles they lie in wait693: their baker644 sleepeth3463 all the night3915; in the morning1242 it burneth1197 as a flaming3852 fire784.
7They are all hot2552 as an oven8574, and have devoured398 their judges8199; all their kings4428 are fallen5307: there is none among them that calleth7121 unto me.
8Ephraim669, he hath mixed1101 himself among the people5971; Ephraim669 is a cake5692 not turned2015.
9Strangers2114 have devoured398 his strength3581, and he knoweth3045 it not: yea, gray hairs7872 are here and there2236 upon him, yet he knoweth3045 not.
10And the pride1347 of Israel3478 testifieth6030 to his face6440: and they do not return7725 to the LORD3068 their God430, nor seek1245 him for all this.
11Ephraim669 also is like a silly6601 dove3123 without heart3820: they call7121 to Egypt4714, they go1980 to Assyria804.
12When they shall go3212, I will spread6566 my net7568 upon them; I will bring them down3381 as the fowls5775 of the heaven8064; I will chastise3256 them, as their congregation5712 hath heard8088.
13Woe188 unto them! for they have fled5074 from me: destruction7701 unto them! because they have transgressed6586 against me: though I have redeemed6299 them, yet they have spoken1696 lies3577 against me.
14And they have not cried2199 unto me with their heart3820, when they howled3213 upon their beds4904: they assemble1481 themselves for corn1715 and wine8492, and they rebel5493 against me.
15Though I have bound3256 and strengthened2388 their arms2220, yet do they imagine2803 mischief7451 against me.
16They return7725, but not to the most High5920: they are like a deceitful7423 bow7198: their princes8269 shall fall5307 by the sword2719 for the rage2195 of their tongue3956: this2097 shall be their derision3933 in the land776 of Egypt4714.