Hosea 7:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Hosea 7:4

2 They¹ do not consider in their hearts
That ^aI remember all their wickedness;
Now their own deeds have surrounded them;
They are before My face.

3 They make a ^aking glad with their wickedness,
And princes ^bwith their lies.

4 “They^a are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.

5 In the day of our king
Princes have made him sick,¹ inflamed with ^awine;
He stretched out his hand with scoffers.

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.

7 They are all hot, like an oven,
And have devoured their judges;
All their kings have fallen.
^aNone among them calls upon Me.

8 “Ephraim ^ahas mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.

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.

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.

11 “Ephraim^a also is like a silly dove, without¹ sense—
^bThey call to Egypt,
They go to ^cAssyria.

Topical Studies for Hosea 7:4:

Baker {Nave's Topical Bible}

Fire {Forerunner Commentary}
Fire {Nave's Topical Bible}
Fire {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Oven {Nave's Topical Bible}