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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.