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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”

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