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Hosea 7:6 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Hosea 7:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 7 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. made: or, applied”
Hosea 7:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 7:6
Hearts like ovens: 'For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.' Continuing the oven metaphor: conspirators prepare hearts like ovens (תַּנּוּר, tannur) while lying in wait (אָרַב, arav). The baker (אֹפֶה, ofeh—likely the king or primary conspirator) sleeps all night while heart-oven smolders; morning comes and it burns קָדַח (qadach, blazes) as flaming fire. This depicts conspiracy: calm exterior masking internal burning hatred/ambition. When opportunity comes, controlled heat beco...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 7:6
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“he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.”
“they practice it”
“saying”
“to watch him”
“and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.”
“from the kneading of the dough”
“unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away”
“Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath”