(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 a (A)king glad with their wickedness,
And princes (B)with their lies.

“They(C) are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick, [a]inflamed with (D)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
They prepare their heart like an oven,
While they lie in wait;
[b]Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(E)None among them calls upon Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 Lit. with the heat of
  2. Hosea 7:6 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. Their anger; LXX Ephraim