⁷ All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,^(A)
    and none of them calls^(B) on me.

⁸ “Ephraim mixes^(C) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
⁹ Foreigners sap his strength,^(D)
    but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
    but he does not notice.