6. Their hearts are as hot as an oven. They make evil plans to get rid of him. Their anger burns like a slow fire all night. In the morning it blazes out like a flaming fire.
7. All of them are as hot as an oven. They destroy their rulers. All of their kings fall from power. But none of them calls on the Lord for help.
8. The people of Ephraim mix with the nations. They are like a flat cake that is baked on only one side.
9. People from other lands make them weaker and weaker. But they don't realize it. Their hair is becoming gray. But they don't even notice it.