3 They please the king with their evil, the princes with their lies.
4 All of them commit adultery; they are like an oven heated by a bakerwho stops stirring the firefrom the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king,the princes are sick with the heat of wine —there is a conspiracy with traitors.
6 For they — their hearts like an oven —draw him into their oven.Their anger smolders all night;in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consume their rulers. All their kings fall;not one of them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
9 Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray,but he does not notice.