For they have prepared their heart like an oven,
while they lie in wait.
Their anger smolders all night.
In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 7:6 in context
Hosea 7:3–9
3
They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies.
4
They are all adulterers.
They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring,
from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
5
On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine.
He joined his hand with mockers.
6
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For they have prepared their heart like an oven,
while they lie in wait.
Their anger smolders all night.
In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
7
They are all hot as an oven,
and devour their judges.
All their kings have fallen.
There is no one among them who calls to me.
8
Ephraim mixes himself among the nations.
Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
9
Strangers have devoured his strength,
and he doesn’t realize it.
Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him,
and he doesn’t realize it.
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