1. when I would heal Israel, and the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; because they deal in falsehood, the thief breaks in, and the bandit raids the outside.
2. But they did not consider that I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
3. By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the officials by their treacheries.
4. All of them commit adultery, like a burning oven whose baker has stopped from stirring the fire, and from kneading the dough until it is leavened.