4. They all commit adultery.They are like a heated oven,an oven so hot that a baker doesn’t have to fan its flameswhen he makes bread.
5. On the day of the king’s celebration,the officials become drunk from wine,and the king joins mockers.
6. They become hot like an oven while they lie in ambush.All night long their anger smolders,but in the morning it burns like a raging fire.
7. They are all as hot as an oven.They consume their judges ⌊like a fire⌋.All their kings die in battle, and none of them calls to me.
8. “Ephraim mixes with other nations.Ephraim, you are like a half-baked loaf of bread.