3 By their wickedness they make the king glad,and give joy to the officials with their lies.
4 They all act like adulterers;they are like a heated oven,whose baker doesn’t need to stoke the fire,from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king,the officials became sick with the heat of wine;he stretched out his hand to those who mocked him.
6 They approach like a hot oven, their hearts burning.Throughout the night, their anger smolders;in the morning, it continues to burn like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven;they devour their rulers.All their kings have fallen;none of them call upon me.
8 Ephraim mixes himself among the people;Ephraim is like flatbread that is cooked on only one side.
9 Strangers have eaten up his strength,yet he doesn’t know it;gray hairs are sprinkled here and there upon him,yet he doesn’t know it.