Hosea 7:3-7

Common English Bible

³     By their wickedness they make the king glad,
            and give joy to the officials with their lies.
⁴     They all act like adulterers;
            they are like a heated oven,
            whose baker doesn’t need to stoke the fire,
                from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
⁵     On the day of our king,
            the officials became sick with the heat of wine;
            he stretched out his hand to those who mocked him.
⁶     They approach like a hot oven, their hearts burning.
            Throughout the night, their anger smolders;
                in the morning, it continues to burn like a flaming fire.
⁷     All of them are hot as an oven;
            they devour their rulers.
    All their kings have fallen;
            none of them call upon me.