For they—their hearts like an oven—
draw him into their oven.
Their anger smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

All of them are as hot as an oven,(A)
and they consume their rulers.(B)
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on me.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:3–7 These vv. may refer to a king’s assassination; Hb obscure.

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.

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