Hosea 7:1-7

1When I 1would heal Israel, The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they practice 2deception; The thief enters, A band of 3robbers attack outside,2And they do not 4consider in their hearts That I 5remember all their wickedness. Now their 6deeds surround them; They are before My face.37With their wickedness they make the 8king happy, And the officials with their 9lies.4They are 10all adulterers, Like an oven heated by the baker, Who stops 11stoking the fire From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.5On the 12day of our king, the officials 13became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with 1415scoffers,6For their hearts are like an 16oven As they approach their 17plotting; Their 18anger 19smolders all night, In the morning it burns like flaming fire.7All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their 20rulers; All their kings have fallen. 21None of them calls on Me.