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(A)With their evil they make the (B)king glad,
And the princes with their (C)deceptions.
They are (D)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
On the [a]day of our king, the princes (E)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with (F)scoffers,
For their hearts are like an (G)oven
As they draw near in their [b]plotting;
Their [c]anger [d]smolders all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot like an oven,
And they devour their (H)judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(I)None of them calls on Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 A festive occasion
  2. Hosea 7:6 Lit ambush
  3. Hosea 7:6 As in some ancient versions; M.T. baker
  4. Hosea 7:6 Lit sleeps

By their evil (A)they make (B)the king glad,
    and the princes by their treachery.
(C)They are all adulterers;
    they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
    from the kneading of the dough
    until it is leavened.
On the day of (D)our king, the princes
    became sick with the heat of wine;
    he stretched out his hand with mockers.
For with hearts like an oven (E)they approach their intrigue;
    all night their anger smolders;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven,
    and they devour their rulers.
All (F)their kings (G)have fallen,
    and none of them calls upon me.

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