Ephraim’s Iniquity
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They are (I)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
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Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
Footnotes:
a.
Hosea 7:2: ['Lit ', say to their heart]
b.
Hosea 7:5: ['I.e. a festive occasion']
c.
Hosea 7:6: ['Lit ', ambush]
d.
Hosea 7:6: ['So with some ancient versions; M.T. ', baker]
e.
Hosea 7:6: ['Lit ', sleeps]
f.
Hosea 7:8: ['Lit ', peoples]
g.
Hosea 7:11: ['Lit ', heart]
h.
Hosea 7:12: ['Lit ', report]
i.
Hosea 7:14: ['Or with Gr and many ancient mss ', gash themselves]
j.
Hosea 7:16: ['Or possibly ', to the Most High]
k.
Hosea 7:16: ['Lit ', indignation, '; or ', cursing]
Cross references:
F.
Hosea 7:3:
Romans 1:32
L.
Hosea 7:6:
Psalm 21:9
M.
Hosea 7:7:
Hosea 13:10
N.
Hosea 7:7:
Isaiah 64:7
R.
Hosea 7:10:
Hosea 5:5
Z.
Hosea 7:13:
Hosea 9:12
AE.
Hosea 7:14:
Hosea 13:16
AF.
Hosea 7:15:
Nahum 1:9
AG.
Hosea 7:16:
Psalm 78:57