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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.
    Because they are kindled[b] like an oven,
their heart burns within them;
    all night their anger smolders,[c]
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 This phrase refers to the effects of wine on the body
  2. Hosea 7:6 Hebrew “they drew near;” other ancient translations read “they are kindled”
  3. Hosea 7:6 Literally “sleeps”