(A)With their wickedness they make the (B)king happy,
And the officials with their (C)lies.
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.
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,
For their hearts are like an (G)oven
As they approach their [d]plotting;
Their [e]anger [f]smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like flaming fire.
All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their (H)rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
(I)None of them calls on Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:4 Lit stirring up
  2. Hosea 7:5 I.e., a festive occasion
  3. Hosea 7:5 Or rebels
  4. Hosea 7:6 Lit ambush
  5. Hosea 7:6 As in some ancient versions; MT baker
  6. Hosea 7:6 Lit is asleep

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. On the day of our king the princes made [a]themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. For they have [b]made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 Or, him
  2. Hosea 7:6 Hebrew brought near.