- whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;
- but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.
- "They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.
- They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
- On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.
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- 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,
- 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.
- With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies.
- 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.
- On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,
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