<vn='1'>When I would have <sn="7495">healed</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, then the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s> was <sn="1540">discovered</s>, and the <sn="7451">wickedness</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="6466">commit</s><sn="8267">falsehood</s>; and the <sn="1590">thief</s> cometh <sn="935">in</s>, and the troop of <sn="1416">robbers</s><sn="6584">spoileth</s><sn="2351">without</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And they <sn="559">consider</s><sn="1077">not</s> in their <sn="3824">hearts</s> that I <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="7451">wickedness</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> their own <sn="4611">doings</s> have beset them <sn="5437">about</s>; they <sn="1961">are</s><sn="5048">before</s> my <sn="6440">face</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>They make the king <sn="8055 4428">glad</s> with their <sn="7451">wickedness</s>, and the <sn="8269">princes</s> with their <sn="3585">lies</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>They are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="5003">adulterers</s>, <sn="3644">as</s> an <sn="8574">oven</s><sn="1197">heated</s><sn="4480">by</s> the <sn="644">baker</s>, who <sn="7673">ceaseth</s> from <sn="4480 5782">raising</s> after he hath <sn="4480 3888">kneaded</s> the <sn="1217">dough</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> it be <sn="2556">leavened</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>In the <sn="3117">day</s> of our <sn="4428">king</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> have made him <sn="2470">sick</s> with <sn="2534">bottles</s> of <sn="4480 3196">wine</s>; he stretched <sn="4900">out</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="3945">scorners</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s> they have made <sn="7126">ready</s> their <sn="3820">heart</s> like an <sn="8574">oven</s>, while they lie in <sn="693">wait</s>: their <sn="644">baker</s><sn="3463">sleepeth</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3915">night</s>; in the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="1931">it</s><sn="1197">burneth</s> as a <sn="3852">flaming</s><sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>They are all <sn="2552 3605">hot</s> as an <sn="8574">oven</s>, and have <sn="398">devoured</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="8199">judges</s>; <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="4428">kings</s> are <sn="5307">fallen</s>: there is <sn="369">none</s> among them that <sn="7121">calleth</s><sn="413">unto</s> me. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> hath mixed <sn="1101">himself</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s>; <sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="1961">is</s> a <sn="5692">cake</s><sn="1097">not</s><sn="2015">turned</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2114">Strangers</s> have <sn="398">devoured</s> his <sn="3581">strength</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s> it <sn="3808">not</s>: <sn="1571">yea</s>, gray <sn="7872">hairs</s> are here and <sn="2236">there</s> upon him, yet <sn="1931">he</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="1347">pride</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6030">testifieth</s> to his <sn="6440">face</s>: and they do <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="1245">seek</s> him for <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="669">Ephraim</s> also <sn="1961">is</s> like a <sn="6601">silly</s><sn="3123">dove</s><sn="369">without</s><sn="3820">heart</s>: they <sn="7121">call</s> to <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, they <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="834">When</s> they shall <sn="1980">go</s>, I will <sn="6566">spread</s> my <sn="7568">net</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them; I will bring them <sn="3381">down</s> as the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of the <sn="8064">heaven</s>; I will <sn="3256">chastise</s> them, as their <sn="5712">congregation</s> hath <sn="8088">heard</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="188">Woe</s> unto them! <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="5074">fled</s><sn="4480">from</s> me: <sn="7701">destruction</s> unto them! <sn="3588">because</s> they have <sn="6586">transgressed</s> against me: though <sn="595">I</s> have <sn="6299">redeemed</s> them, yet <sn="1992">they</s> have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="3577">lies</s><sn="5921">against</s> me. </v>
<vn='14'>And they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> me with their <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> they <sn="3213">howled</s><sn="5921">upon</s> their <sn="4904">beds</s>: they assemble <sn="1481">themselves</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="1715">corn</s> and <sn="8492">wine</s>, and they <sn="5493">rebel</s> against me. </v>
<vn='15'>Though <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="3256">bound</s> and <sn="2388">strengthened</s> their <sn="2220">arms</s>, yet do they <sn="2803">imagine</s><sn="7451">mischief</s><sn="413">against</s> me. </v>
<vn='16'>They <sn="7725">return</s>, but <sn="3808">not</s> to the most <sn="5920">High</s>: they <sn="1961">are</s> like a <sn="7423">deceitful</s><sn="7198">bow</s>: their <sn="8269">princes</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s> for the <sn="4480 2195">rage</s> of their <sn="3956">tongue</s>: <sn="2097">this</s> shall be their <sn="3933">derision</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>