Hosea 7:3-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel’s Corruption
3 They please the king with their evil,(A)
the princes with their lies.(B)
4 All of them commit adultery;(C)
they are like an oven heated by a baker
who stops stirring the fire
from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king,
the princes are sick with the heat of wine(D)—
there is a conspiracy with traitors.[a]
6 For they—their hearts like an oven—
draw him into their oven.
Their anger smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are as hot as an oven,(E)
and they consume their rulers.(F)
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on Me.[b]
Hosea 7:3-7
Lexham English Bible
3 By their wickedness they make the king glad,
and the officials by their treacheries.
4 All of them commit adultery,
like a burning oven
whose baker has stopped from stirring the fire,
and from kneading the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the day of our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;[a]
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 Because they are kindled[b] like an oven,
their heart burns within them;
all night their anger smolders,[c]
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour[d] their rulers.
All their kings have fallen;
there is none who calls to me amongst them.
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