6. Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7. All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.
8. “Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9. Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.