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(A)With their evil they make the (B)king glad,
And the princes with their (C)deceptions.
They are (D)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
On the [a]day of our king, the princes (E)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with (F)scoffers,

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 A festive occasion

“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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