Hosea 7:3-5

New American Standard Bible

^3 (A)With their wickedness they make the ^(B)king happy,
And the officials with their ^(C)lies.
⁴ They are ^(D)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops ^[a]stoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
⁵ On the ^[b]day of our king, the officials ^(E)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with ^[c](F)scoffers,