1 whenever I would heal Israel,the sins of Ephraim are exposedand the crimes of Samaria revealed.They practise deceit,thieves break into houses,bandits rob in the streets;
2 but they do not realisethat I remember all their evil deeds.Their sins engulf them;they are always before me.
3 ‘They delight the king with their wickedness,the princes with their lies.
4 They are all adulterers,burning like an ovenwhose fire the baker need not stirfrom the kneading of the dough till it rises.