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On the festal day of their king,
    the princes become inflamed with wine
while the king extends his hand
    to those who mock him.[a]
For they are heated like ovens
    while their heart burns within them.
All through the night their passion slumbers;
    in the morning it blazes forth like a flaming fire.
All of them are as hot as ovens,
    and they consume their rulers.
All their kings have fallen;
    not one of them calls out to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 Probably an allusion to the assassination of Elah (see 1 Ki 16:8-14).