6 They prepare their heart like an oven,
While they lie in wait;
1Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
While they lie in wait;
1Their baker sleeps all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
aNone among them calls upon Me.
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
aNone among them calls upon Me.
9 aAliens have devoured his strength,
But he does not know it;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not know it.
But he does not know it;
Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 And the apride of Israel testifies to his face,
But bthey do not return to the Lord their God,
Nor seek Him for all this.
But bthey do not return to the Lord their God,
Nor seek Him for all this.
Futile Reliance on the Nations
12 Wherever they go, I will aspread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
bAccording to what their congregation has heard.
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
bAccording to what their congregation has heard.
13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though aI redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though aI redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
14 aThey did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.
“They1 assemble together for grain and new bwine,
1They rebel against Me;
When they wailed upon their beds.
“They1 assemble together for grain and new bwine,
1They rebel against Me;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Hosea 7:8.
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