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For they have stirred up themselves[a] like an oven
    as they lie in ambush.
Their baker sleeps through the night;
    in the morning, the oven[b] will be blazing like a fire.
They all burn like an oven;
    they have consumed their judges;
all their kings have fallen—
    not even one of them calls on me.

“Ephraim compromises with[c] the nations;
    he’s a half-baked cake.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:6 Lit. up their heart
  2. Hosea 7:6 Lit. morning, it
  3. Hosea 7:8 Or dilutes himself among
  4. Hosea 7:8 Lit. a cake not turned

Their hearts are like an oven;(A)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(B)
    and none of them calls(C) on me.

“Ephraim mixes(D) with the nations;
    Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.

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