1“and when I wanted to heal them again,
2But they do not realize that I do not forget all the evil things that they do.
3Their king is delighted with the wicked things that the people do;
4The king and his officials are all treacherous.
5The king and his officials get very drunk during their festivals,
6The officials angrily plan to murder the king;
7All those officials are like [MET] hot flames
8“The leaders of Israel join with leaders of godless nations;
9Joining with the rulers of foreign nations has caused Israel to be a weak nation,
10Their being proud [PRS] testifies against them,
11The people of Israel have become foolish and stupid like [SIM] doves.
12But wherever they go to get help,
13Terrible things will happen to them
14They do not cry out to me sincerely [IDM];
15I trained/taught them and enabled them to become strong,
16They have rejected me, their Great God, and turned to their god Baal;