Hosea 7:7

Hosea 7:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen, and none of them calls upon me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They are all hot, like an oven, And have devoured their judges; All their kings have fallen. None among them calls upon Me.

Context of Hosea 7:7

5On the [special] day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; The king stretched out his hand [in association] with scoffers (lawless people). 6As they approach their plotting, Their mind burns [with intrigue] like an oven [while they lie in wait]. Their anger smolders all night; In the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. They are all hot like an oven And they consume their judges (rulers); All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to Me. 8Ephraim mixes himself with the [Gentile] nations [seeking favor with one country, then another]; Ephraim is a cake not turned [worthless; ready to be thrown away]. 9Strangers have devoured his strength, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know.

Hosea 7:7 word by word

כֻּלָּ֤ם יֵחַ֙מּוּ֙ כַּתַּנּ֔וּר וְאָכְל֖וּ אֶת־שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶ֑ם כָּל־מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם נָפָ֔לוּ אֵין־קֹרֵ֥א בָהֶ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They are all hotחָמַםchâmam · to warmH2552
• as an ovenתַּנּוּרtannûr · ovenH8574
• and have devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• their judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• all their kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• are fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• none among them that callethקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121

Cross-references for Hosea 7:7

• Hosea 8:4They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.
• 1 Kings 15:28So Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
• 1 Kings 16:9His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against Elah. Now Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the [king’s] household in Tirzah.
• 2 Kings 9:24But Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his shoulders; and the arrow went out through his heart and he sank down in his chariot.
• 2 Kings 10:7When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
• 2 Kings 15:10But Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him in the presence of the people and reigned in his place.
• Hosea 7:10Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they do not return [in repentance] to the Lord their God, Nor seek nor search for nor desire Him [as essential] in spite of all this.
• Hosea 5:15I will go away and return to My place [on high] Until they acknowledge their offense and bear their guilt and seek My face; In their distress they will earnestly seek Me, saying,
• Job 36:13But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline]; They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction].
• Isaiah 9:13Yet the people do not turn back [in repentance] to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts [as their most essential need].
• Isaiah 43:22“Yet you have not called on Me [in prayer and worship], O Jacob; But you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
• Isaiah 64:7There is no one who calls on Your name, Who awakens and causes himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have handed us over to the [consuming and destructive] power of our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing].
• Ezekiel 22:30I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for [the sake of] the land, that I would not destroy it, but I found no one [not even one].
• Daniel 9:13Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this tragedy has come on us. Yet we have not wholeheartedly begged for forgiveness and sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our wickedness and paying attention to and placing value in Your truth.

Commentaries on Hosea 7:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7All their kings are fallen - There was a pitiful slaughter among the idolatrous kings of Israel; four of them had fallen in the time of this prophet. Zechariah was slain by Shallum; Shallum, by Menahem; Pekahiah, by Pekah; and Pekah, by Hoshea, 2 Kings 15. All were idolaters, and all came to an untimely death.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges - Plans of sin, sooner or later, through God‘s overruling providence, bound back upon their authors. The wisdom of God‘s justice and of His government shows itself the more, in that, without any apparent agency of His own, the sin is guided by Him through all the intricate mazes of human passion, malice, and cunning, back to the sinner‘s bosom. Jeroboam, and the kings who followed him, had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7All their kings fall: The people of Israel killed their kings one after another. They did this to try to save their nation and their lives from the Assyrian army. During these final years, they relied on their own plans and schemes. They never thought to ask the Lord for help, who was their only true source of help.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. all hot--All burn with eagerness to cause universal disturbance (2Ki 15:1-38). devoured their judges--magistrates; as the fire of the oven devours the fuel. all their kings ... fallen--See on Ho 7:1. none ... calleth unto me--Such is their perversity that amid all these national calamities, none seeks help from Me (Is 9:13; 64:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 7:7

• Oven
• Prayerlessness
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Troop
• Hosea
• Pekahiah
• Zechariah, Book of
• Bake

Commentaries on Hosea 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings