1. whenever I would heal Israel,the sins of Ephraim are exposedand the crimes of Samaria revealed.They practise deceit,thieves break into houses,bandits rob in the streets;
2. but they do not realisethat I remember all their evil deeds.Their sins engulf them;they are always before me.
3. ‘They delight the king with their wickedness,the princes with their lies.
4. They are all adulterers,burning like an ovenwhose fire the baker need not stirfrom the kneading of the dough till it rises.