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By their wickedness they make the king glad,
    and the officials by their treacheries.
All of them commit adultery,
    like a burning oven
whose baker has stopped from stirring the fire,
    and from kneading the dough until it is leavened.
On the day of our king, the princes
    became sick with the heat of wine;[a]
he stretched out his hand with mockers.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 This phrase refers to the effects of wine on the body