World English Bible
Hosea 7:7
“They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.”
Verse in context — Hosea 7
5
On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.
6
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.
7
They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.
8
Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
Explore all chapters of Hosea →