¹As I heal Israel, the guilt of Ephraim is uncovered, and the evils of Samaria; for they practice falsehood, and the thief comes in, a marauding band raids in the street.

²And they do not say to their heart that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds have surrounded them; they are before my face.

³With their evil they make the king glad, and the officials with their lies.

⁴All of them are adulterers, like a fire-pot burning from the baker, who stops stirring up, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

⁵On the day of our king the officials became sick from the fever of wine; he drew his hand with the mockers.

⁶For in their scheming they bring near their heart like a fire-pot; all the night their baker sleeps; in the morning it burns like a fire of flame.

⁷All of them are hot like a fire-pot, and they devour their rulers; all their kings have fallen; there is none among them who calls to me.

⁸Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples; Ephraim has become a cake not turned over.

⁹Foreigners have eaten his strength, and he does not know; also gray hair is sprinkled on him, and he does not know.

¹⁰And the pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they have not returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him through all this.

¹¹And Ephraim became like a dove, easily enticed, with no heart; they called to Egypt, they went to Assyria.

¹²As they go, I will spread my net over them; like a bird of the skies I will bring them down; I will discipline them according to the report to their assembly.

¹³Woe to them, for they fled from me! Devastation to them, for they rebelled against me! I would ransom them, but they spoke lies against me.

¹⁴They did not cry out to me with their heart, but they wail upon their beds; over grain and new wine they drag themselves about; they turn aside from me.

¹⁵And I disciplined, I strengthened their arms, yet against me they devise evil.

¹⁶They return, but not to the High; they have become like a deceitful bow; their officials will fall by the sword for the indignation of their tongue; this is their mockery in the land of Egypt.