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 day of the king’s celebration, the officials become drunk from wine, and the king joins mockers. 6They become hot like an oven while they lie in ambush. All night long their anger smolders, but in the morning it burns like a raging fire. They are all as hot as an oven. They consume their judges ⌞like a fire⌟. All their kings die in battle, and none of them calls to me. 8“Ephraim mixes with other nations. Ephraim, you are like a half-baked loaf of bread. 9Foreigners are using up your strength, but you don’t realize it. You have become a gray-haired, old man, but you don’t realize it.

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 8:4“They chose their own kings, kings I didn’t approve. They chose their own princes, princes I didn’t know. They chose to make idols with their own silver and gold. Because of this, they will be destroyed.
• 1 Kings 15:28The assassination happened in Asa’s third year as king of Judah. Baasha succeeded Nadab as king of Israel.
• 1 Kings 16:9But Zimri, the general who commanded half of Elah’s chariots, plotted against him. Elah was getting drunk in Tirzah at Arza’s house. (Arza was in charge of the palace in Tirzah.)
• 2 Kings 9:24But Jehu took his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow came out of his chest, and he slumped over in his chariot.
• 2 Kings 10:7When the letter came to the men, they slaughtered all 70 heirs. They put the heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
• 2 Kings 15:10Shallum, son of Jabesh, plotted against Zechariah, attacked him at Kabal Am, killed him, and succeeded him as king.
• Hosea 7:10Israel, your arrogance testifies against you, but even after all this, you don’t turn to the Lord your God or look to him for help.
• Hosea 5:15I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.”
• Job 36:13But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don’t even call for help when he chains them up.
• Isaiah 9:13But the people have not returned to the one who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord of Armies.
• Isaiah 43:22Jacob, you have not prayed to me. Israel, you have grown tired of me.
• Isaiah 64:7No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You have let us be ruined by our sins.
• Ezekiel 22:30“ ‘I looked for someone among you who could build walls or stand in front of me by the gaps in the walls to defend the land and keep it from being destroyed. But I couldn’t find anyone.
• Daniel 9:13This entire disaster happened to us, exactly as it was written in Moses’ Teachings. Lord our God, we never tried to gain your favor by turning from our wrongs and dedicating ourselves to 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
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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