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It never enters their minds
    that I remember all their evil deeds.
The bad things they do are all around them;
    they are right in front of me.

Israel’s Evil Kings

“They make the king happy with their wickedness;
    their rulers are glad with their lies.
But all of them are traitors.
    They are like an oven heated by a baker.
While he mixes the dough,
    he does not need to stir up the fire.

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but they do not realize
    that I remember(A) all their evil deeds.(B)
Their sins engulf them;(C)
    they are always before me.

“They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.(D)
They are all adulterers,(E)
    burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
    from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

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