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Their hearts burn like an oven;
    as they plot [C an assassination] against him.
All night long their anger ·is low [smolders],
    but when morning comes, it becomes a roaring fire.
All ·these people [L of them] are as hot as an oven;
    they ·burn up [consume; devour] their rulers.
All their kings fall,
    and no one calls on me.

Israel and the Other Nations

“·Israel [L Ephraim; 4:17] mixes with other nations;
    he is like a ·pancake [cake; flat loaf] ·cooked only on one side [or burned on one side; L not turned].

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