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7.1 :And the thief entereth in,
 * And the troop of robbers maketh a raid without.
 * And let them not say to their heart—
 * I remember all their wickedness,
 * Now their own doings have beset them about,
 * They are before My face.
 * They make the king glad with their wickedness,
 * And the princes with their lies,
 * They are all adulterers,
 * As an oven heated by the baker,
 * Who ceaseth to stir
 * From the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.
 * On the day of our king
 * The princes make him sick with the heat of wine,
 * He stretcheth out his hand with scorners.
 * For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait;
 * Their baker sleepeth all the night,
 * In the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
 * They are all hot as an oven,
 * And devour their judges;
 * All their kings are fallen,
 * There is none among them that calleth unto Me.


 * Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples;
 * Ephraim is become a cake not turned.
 * Strangers have devoured his strength,
 * And he knoweth it not;
 * Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him,
 * And he knoweth it not.
 * And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face;
 * But they have not returned unto the their God,
 * Nor sought Him, for all this.
 * And Ephraim is become like a silly dove, without understanding;
 * They call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
 * Even as they 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 been made to hear.
 * Woe unto them! for they have strayed from Me;
 * Destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against Me;
 * Shall I then redeem them,
 * Seeing they have spoken lies against Me?
 * And they have not cried unto Me with their heart,
 * Though they wail upon their beds;
 * They assemble themselves for corn and wine, they rebel against Me.
 * Though I have trained and strengthened their arms,
 * Yet do they devise evil against Me.
 * They return, but not upwards;
 * They are become 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.


 * Set the horn to thy mouth.
 * As a vulture he cometh against the house of the ;
 * Because they have transgressed My covenant,
 * And trespassed against My law.
 * Will they cry unto Me:
 * 'My God, we Israel know Thee'?
 * Israel hath east off that which is good;
 * The enemy shall pursue him.
 * They have set up kings, but not from Me,