Hosea 7:6

For with hearts like an oven, 1 they devise their deceitful plans. 1 Their anger smolders all night; 1 in the morning it burns high like a flaming fire. 1

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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

5On the day of our king the officials made themselves sick with the heat of wine. 1 He reached out with his hand to those who were mocking. 1

7They all are as hot as an oven, 1 and they devour those who rule over them. 1 All their kings have fallen; 1 none of them calls on me. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28Absalom commanded his servants saying, “Listen closely. When Amnon begins to be affected by the wine, and when I say to you, 'Attack Amnon,' then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and brave.”

Psalms 21:9At the time of your anger, you will burn them up as in a fiery furnace. 1 Yahweh will consume them in his wrath, 1 and the fire will devour them. 1

Hosea 7:4They are all adulterers, 1 like an oven heated by the baker, 1 who ceases to stir the fire 1 from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. 1

Micah 2:1Woe to those who plan iniquity, 1 to those who plan on their beds to do evil. 1 In the morning light they do it 1 because they have power. 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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