1	When I would have healed# Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered# , and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit# falsehood; and the thief cometh in# , and the troop of robbers spoileth# without. [wickedness: Heb. evils] [spoileth: Heb. strippeth]
			2	And they consider# not in their hearts that I remember# all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about# ; they are before my face. [consider...: Heb. say not to]
			3	They make the king glad# with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
			4	They are all adulterers# , as an oven heated# by the baker# , who ceaseth# from raising# after he hath kneaded# the dough, until it be leavened# . [who...: or, the raiser will cease] [raising: or, waking]
			5	In the day of our king the princes have made him sick# with bottles of wine; he stretched out# his hand with scorners# . [bottles...: or, heat through wine]
			6	For they have made ready# their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait# : their baker# sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth# as a flaming fire. [made...: or, applied]
			7	They are all hot# as an oven, and have devoured# their judges# ; all their kings are fallen# : there is none among them that calleth# unto me.
			8	Ephraim, he hath mixed# himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned# .
			9	Strangers# have devoured# his strength, and he knoweth# it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there# upon him, yet he knoweth# not. [here...: Heb. sprinkled]
			10	And the pride of Israel testifieth# to his face: and they do not return# to the LORD their God, nor seek# him for all this.
			11	Ephraim also is like a silly# dove without heart: they call# to Egypt, they go# to Assyria.
			12	When they shall go# , I will spread# my net upon them; I will bring them down# as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise# them, as their congregation hath heard.
			13	Woe unto them! for they have fled# from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed# against me: though I have redeemed# them, yet they have spoken# lies against me. [destruction: Heb. spoil]
			14	And they have not cried# unto me with their heart, when they howled# upon their beds: they assemble# themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel# against me.
			15	Though I have bound# and strengthened# their arms, yet do they imagine# mischief against me. [have...: or, chastened]
			16	They return# , but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall# by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.