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Hosea 7:3-5
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Hosea 7:3-5
EasyEnglish Bible
The king does not rule well
3 The king is happy to see the evil things that his people do.
The leaders are also happy when the people cheat and tell lies.
4 None of them serves me faithfully.
They are always ready to do bad things,
like an oven that has a hot fire inside it.
When the baker is ready to bake his bread,
he makes the fire even hotter.[a]
5 On a day when the king has a feast,
the leaders drink too much wine.
The king and the leaders join with other people to do foolish things.
Footnotes
- 7:4 Bakers were people who cooked bread in large ovens, which were very hot. Israel's leaders were like the hot fire of an oven. They were ready to do bad things whenever there was a chance.
Hosea 7:3-5
New International Version
Hosea 7:3-5
New International Version
3 “They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.(A)
4 They are all adulterers,(B)
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,(C)
and he joins hands with the mockers.(D)
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