Hosea 7:4-8

New King James Version

⁴“They^(A) are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
⁵In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick, ^[a]inflamed with ^(B)wine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
⁶They 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.
⁷They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
^(C)None among them calls upon Me.

⁸“Ephraim ^(D)has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.

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Footnotes

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

Hosea 7:4-8

New International Version

⁴They are all adulterers,^(A)
    burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
    from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
⁵On the day of the festival of our king
    the princes become inflamed with wine,^(B)
    and he joins hands with the mockers.^(C)
⁶Their hearts are like an oven;^(D)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
⁷All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,^(E)
    and none of them calls^(F) on me.