6. Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7. All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.
8. “Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9. Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.
10. Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the Lord his God or search for him.
11. “Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless— now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.