Hosea 7:3–5

ISRAEL’S CORRUPTION

3 They please the king with their evil,s

the princes with their lies.t

4 All of them commit adultery;u

they are like an oven heated by a baker

who stops stirring the fire

from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

5 On the day of our king,

the princes are sick with the heat of winev—

there is a conspiracy with traitors.A