Hosea continues to criticze the people for their lies and deceipt, their pretending to be righteous and the corruption of their leaders. He compares the people of Israel to a baker who prepares his flames and his ovens and then presents it to the people only when it is ready to bake. so to the people in private they sin and lie and steal, but in public they present themselves as if they are righteous. He also compares them to a lost dive who cannot find her way home, and a cake that no one turned so it is useless, burnt on the bottom, and uncooked on top.