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They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Hosea 7:4 — KJV
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Hosea 7:4
King James Version (KJV)
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Hosea 7:4
Verse 4 of 16
Commentary
Commentary on Hosea 7:4
Theological / DevotionalAll adulterers. The “all” includes the king, princes, and the people — the whole nation.
As An oven. In this picture the oven may be understood to represent the heart (see v. 6); the fire, man’s unholy desires, appetites, passions; and the dough, the evil purposes or plans devised by the wicked plotters.
Who ceaseth from raising. This apparently represents the period of time that elapsed between the beginning and the accomplishment of their evil design. After starting the fire in the oven the baker allows it to continue burning, not stirring it until the kneaded dough is fully raised. So with Israel, a time was permitted for the leaven of wickedness to do its work.
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