7 “I want to heal Israel, but its sins are too great. and bandits on the outside! 2 Its people don’t realize and I see them all. 3 “The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, while the baker is kneading the dough. 5 On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine, carousing with those who mock them. 6 Their hearts are like an oven and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire. 7 Burning like an oven, and no one cries to me for help. 8 “The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake! 9 Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don’t realize they’re old and weak. 10 Their arrogance testifies against them, or even try to find him. 11 “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves, first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help. 12 But as they fly about, I will punish them for all the evil they do. 13 “What sorrow awaits those who have deserted me! but they have told lies about me. 14 They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. and they turn away from me. 15 I trained them and made them strong, yet now they plot evil against me. 16 They look everywhere except to the Most High. will laugh at them.