Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 7:3-7

3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.1 2

5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with the poison of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.3

6For 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.4

7They 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.

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Notes

1. Hosea 7:4 who…: or, the raiser will cease. ↩
2. Hosea 7:4 raising: or, waking. ↩
3. Hosea 7:5 poison\(RLT\)/bottles \(KJV\)…: or, heat through wine. ↩
4. Hosea 7:6 made…: or, applied. ↩

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Commentaries on Hosea 7