Hosea 7:4

They are all no'afim (adulterers), 1 as an oven heated by the baker, 1 who ceaseth stirring from the kneading of the batzek (dough), 1 until its chametz leavening rises. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3They make the Melech glad with their ra'ah, 1 and the sarim (princes) with their lies. 1

5In the Yom Malkeinu 1 the sarim (princes) have made him sick with the heat of yayin; 1 he has stretched out his hand with the letzim (mockers). 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:7How shall I forgive thee for this? 1 Thy banim have forsaken Me, 1 and sworn by them that are no elohim; 1 when I had fed them to the full, 1 they then committed adultery, 1 and trooped to the bais zonah. 1

Jeremiah 9:2And they bend to the ready their leshon like their keshet (bow) for sheker; 1 but not for emunah have they prevailed in ha'aretz; 1 for they proceed from ra'ah to ra'ah, 1 and they know not Me, saith Hashem. 1

Hosea 4:12Ami (My people) consult a piece of wood, 1 and their staff declareth unto them; 1 for the ruach zenunim hath caused them to err, 1 and they have played the zonah, forsaking Eloheihem. 1

James 4:4No'efot (adulterers)! Do you not have da'as that to have shaichus (closeness, friendship, intimacy) with the Olam Hazeh is eyvah im Hashem (enmity with G-d)? Therefore, whoever chooses to make the Olam Hazeh his Oihev is made an Oyev (Enemy) of Hashem. + 4:4 Isa 54:4; Jer 3:20; Hos 2:2-5; 3:1; 9:1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:2-8

Charge Drawn up against Israel; The Crimes of the Princes. ( b. c. 750.) 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are… Read the whole commentary →

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