Hosea 7:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶ Their anger is a fire
that smolders all night,
    then flares up at dawn.
⁷ They are flames
    destroying their leaders.
And their kings are powerless;
    none of them trust me.

⁸ The people of Israel^[a]
    have mixed with foreigners;
they are a thin piece of bread
    scorched on one side.