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Israel’s Evil Kings

“They make the king happy with their wickedness;
    their ·rulers [princes] are glad with their lies.
But all of them are ·traitors [L adulterers].
    They are like an oven heated by a baker.
·While he mixes the dough [L From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened],
    he does not need to stir up the fire.
The kings get so drunk they get sick ·every day [or on the festival day; L on the day].
    The ·rulers [princes] become ·crazy [inflamed] with wine;
    they ·make agreements [conspire; L stretch out their hands] with ·those who do not know the true God [mockers; scoffers].

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“They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.(A)
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.
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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