Hosea 7:6

Hosea 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

Context of Hosea 7:6

4All of them commit adultery; they are like an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. 5On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine — there is a conspiracy with traitors. For they — their hearts like an oven — draw him into their oven. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. 7All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consume their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls on me. 8Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations. Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.

Hosea 7:6 word by word

כִּֽי־קֵרְב֧וּ כַתַּנּ֛וּר לִבָּ֖ם בְּאָרְבָּ֑ם כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ יָשֵׁ֣ן אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם בֹּ֕קֶר ה֥וּא בֹעֵ֖ר כְּאֵ֥שׁ לֶהָבָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For they have made readyקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• their heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• like an ovenתַּנּוּרtannûr · ovenH8574
• whiles they lie in waitאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• their bakerאָפָה'âphâh · to bakeH644
• sleepethיָשֵׁןyâshên · sleepingH3463
• all the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• it burnethבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• as a flamingלֶהָבָהlehâbâh lahebeth · flameH3852
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Hosea 7:6

• Hosea 7:4All of them commit adultery; they are like an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
• 1 Samuel 19:11Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!”
• 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom commanded his young men, “Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant!”
• Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush near settlements; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
• Proverbs 4:16For they can’t sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Commentaries on Hosea 7:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For they have made ready their heart like an oven - He gives the reason old their bursting out into open mischief; it was ever stored up within. They “made ready,” (literally, “brought near”) “their heart.” Their heart was ever brought near to sin, even while the occasion was removed at a distance from it. “The “oven” is their heart; the fuel, their corrupt affections, and inclinations, and evil concupiscence, with which it is filled; “their baker,” their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6A simile effectively compares the plots and political intrigue of this turbulent time to a red-hot oven that sets the entire land on fire.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. they have made ready--rather, "they make their heart approach," namely their king, in going to drink with him. like an oven--following out the image in Ho 7:4. As it conceals the lighted fire all night while the baker sleeps but in the morning burns as a flaming fire, so they brood mischief in their hearts while conscience is lulled asleep, and their wicked designs wait only for a fair occasion to break forth [Horsley]. Their heart is the oven, their…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 7:6

• Baker
• Oven
• Sin

In the dictionaries

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

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