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7:1  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.
7:2  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.
7:3  By their wickedness they make the king glad, and give joy to the officials with their lies.
7:4  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.
7:5  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.
7:6  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.
7:7  All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen; none of them call upon me.
7:8  Ephraim mixes himself among the people; Ephraim is like flatbread that is cooked on only one side.
7:9  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.
7:10  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.
7:11  Ephraim has become like a dove, silly and without common sense; they call upon Egypt; they go to Assyria.
7:12  As they go, I will spread my net over them; like birds in the sky, I will bring them down; I will judge them according to the report made to their assembly.
7:13  Doom to them, for they have strayed from me; destruction will be their lot because they have rebelled against me. I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
7:14  They don’t cry to me from the heart, but they sob upon their beds; they fight over grain and wine; they resist me.
7:15  It was I who gave them their strength, yet they plot evil against me.
7:16  They return, but not to the Most High; they have become like a worthless bow; their officials will fall by the sword because of the rage of their tongues; in Egypt they will make fun of them.