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Hosea 7:6

American Standard Version

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

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Hosea 7:6 in other translations

For they have prepared their heart like an oven,
while they lie in wait.
Their baker sleeps all the night.
In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

Hosea 7:6 · World English Bible

Hosea 7:6 in context

  1. 4They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.
  2. 5On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.
  3. 6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
  4. 7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
  5. 8Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.