(A)With their wickedness they make the (B)king happy,
And the officials with their (C)lies.
They are (D)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops [a]stoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
On the [b]day of our king, the officials (E)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with [c](F)scoffers,

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:4 Lit stirring up
  2. Hosea 7:5 I.e., a festive occasion
  3. Hosea 7:5 Or rebels

“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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