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.
10 Israel’s pride is a witness against him;yet they don’t return to the Lord their God,or seek him because of all this.
11 Ephraim has become like a dove,silly and without common sense;they call upon Egypt; they go to Assyria.