7:1  When I would heal Israel, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they deal falsely; The thief enters in, Bandits raid outside,

7:2  And they do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds are all around them; They are before My face.

7:3  With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies.

7:4  They are all adulterers, Like an oven heated by the baker Who ceases to stir up {the fire} From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

7:5  On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,

7:6  For their hearts are like an oven {As} they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

7:7  All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their rulers; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me.

7:8  Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.

7:9  Strangers devour his strength, Yet he does not know {it;} Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know {it.}

7:10  Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

7:11  So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

7:12  When they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.

7:13  Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.

7:14  And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me.

7:15  Although I trained {and} strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.

7:16  They turn, {but} not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This {will be} their derision in the land of Egypt.