Hosea 7:6

For they have made ready their lev 1 like an oven, while they lie in wait; 1 their anger smolders kol halailah; 1 in the boker it burneth like an eish of flame. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

In Context

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

7They are all hot as an oven, 1 and have devoured their shofetim; 1 all their melachim are fallen; 1 there is none among them that calleth unto Me. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28Now Avshalom had commanded his avadim, saying, Mark ye now when Amnonʼs lev is high with yayin, and when I say unto you, Strike Amnon; then kill him, fear not; have not I commanded you? Be chazak (courageous), and be bnei chayil.

Psalms 21:9Thine yad shall find out all thine enemies; 1 thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 1

Hosea 7:4They 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

Micah 2:1Hoy (Woe) to them that devise aven (iniquity), 1 and plot rah (evil) upon their mishkavim (beds)! 1 At ohr haboker they carry it out, 1 because it is in the power of their hand. 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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