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Hosea 7:4

Sin

2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

3 They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.

5 The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

6 For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
KJV
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
WEB
They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
ASV
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.
DARBY
They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
BLB
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker, who ceases stirring [the fire] after kneading the dough until it [is] leavened.
ÅB
Alle sammen er de horkarler; de ligner en ovn som opphetes av bakeren; han holder bare opp med å ilde fra deigen eltes til den er syret.
OTB
De er alle ekteskapsbrytere,
Som en ovn opphetet av bakeren,
Som slutter å røre ilden
Fra deigen er eltet til den er hevet.
B1930
Alle sammen er de horkarler; de ligner en ovn som ophetes av bakeren; han holder bare op med å ilde fra deigen eltes til den er syret.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:2

    If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

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  • James 4:4

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

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  • Jeremiah 5:7–8

    “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

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  • Hosea 4:2

    Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

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  • Hosea 7:6–7

    For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

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  • Hosea 4:12

    My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

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