Hosea 7:3-7

Expanded Bible

³ “They make the king happy with their wickedness;
    their ·rulers [princes] are glad with their lies.
⁴ But all of them are ·traitors [^Ladulterers].
    They are like an oven heated by a baker.
·While he mixes the dough [^LFrom the kneading of the dough until it is leavened],
    he does not need to stir up the fire.
⁵ The kings get so drunk they get sick ·every day [or on the festival day; ^Lon the day].
    The ·rulers [princes] become ·crazy [inflamed] with wine;
    they ·make agreements [conspire; ^Lstretch out their hands] with ·those who do not know the true God [mockers; scoffers].
⁶ Their hearts burn like an oven;
    as they plot [^Can assassination] against him.
All night long their anger ·is low [smolders],
    but when morning comes, it becomes a roaring fire.
⁷ All ·these people [^Lof them] are as hot as an oven;
    they ·burn up [consume; devour] their rulers.
All their kings fall,
    and no one calls on me.