(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

By their wickedness they make the king glad,
    and the officials by their treacheries.
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.
On the day of our king, the princes
    became sick with the heat of wine;[a]
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
    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.
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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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 This phrase refers to the effects of wine on the body
  2. Hosea 7:6 Hebrew “they drew near;” other ancient translations read “they are kindled”
  3. Hosea 7:6 Literally “sleeps”
  4. Hosea 7:7 Or “they eat”