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Hosea 7:4 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Hosea 7:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 7 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. who: or, the raiser will cease raising: or, waking”
Hosea 7:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 7:4
Smoldering conspiracy: '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.' The metaphor depicts conspiracy: adultery (spiritual and literal) compared to oven (תַּנּוּר, tannur) heated by baker who stops stoking fire (שֹׁבֵת מֵעִיר, shovet me'ir) after kneading dough, letting it rise. The imagery suggests smoldering coals—temporarily dormant but retaining heat. Similarly, conspirators appear calm while plotting, their hatred/lust simmering until opportune moment. This demonstrates how sin operates: sometimes ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 7:4
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“and go from them! for they are all adulterers”
“and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full”
“don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
“while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.”
“lying”
“and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray”