1. When I was willing to heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the malice of Samaria, for they had been manufacturing lies. And the thief steals from inside, the robber from outside.
2. And, so that they may not say in their hearts that I am the one who has called to mind all of their wickedness: now their own inventions have encircled them. These things have happened in my presence.
3. The king has rejoiced at their wickedness, and the leaders have rejoiced in their lies.
4. They are all adulterers; like an oven heating up before baking, the city rested a little before the leaven was mixed in, until the whole was leavened.
5. On the day of our king, the leaders began to be mad with wine; he extended his hand with those who fabricate illusions.