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Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Their hearts are like an oven blazing with intrigue. Their plot smolders through the night, and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For their hearts are like an oven <i>As</i> they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For their hearts are like an oven As they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For their hearts are like an oven <i>As</i> they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For their hearts are like an oven <i>As</i> they draw near in their plotting; Their anger smolders all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As they approach their plotting, Their mind burns [with intrigue] like an oven [while they lie in wait]. Their anger smolders all night; In the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they—their hearts like an oven — draw him into their oven. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they—their hearts like an oven— draw him into their oven. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their anger is a fire that smolders all night, then flares up at dawn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They become hot like an oven while they lie in ambush. All night long their anger smolders, but in the morning it burns like a raging fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Yes, they burned like an oven with their plotting. All night their anger smoldered, and in the morning it burst into flames. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have stirred up themselves like an oven as they lie in ambush. Their baker sleeps through the night; in the morning, the oven will be blazing like a fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For they have made ready 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have drawn near, "" Their heart [is] as an oven "" In their lying in wait—their baker sleeps all night, "" Morning! He is burning as a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For they have drawn near, As an oven is their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For they drew near their heart as a furnace in their lying in wait: all the night their baker slept; in the morning it burnt as the fire of flame.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because they have applied their heart like an oven, when he laid snares for them: he slept all the night baking them, in the morning he himself was heated as a flaming fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For they have used their heart like an oven, while he laid snares for them; he slept through the night baking them, and by morning he himself was heated like a burning fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For they draw near in ambush with their hearts like an oven. All the night their anger sleeps; in the morning it flares like a blazing fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they are kindled like an oven, their heart burns within them; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because their heart is hot like an oven with their plots, all night their anger is suppressed; and in the morning it burns as a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because their heart is hot like a furnace in their ambush, and all night their passion grew old, and at dawn it was burning like fire and a flame<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait; Their baker sleepeth all the night, In the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night: Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning is come; he is burnt up as a flame of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/7-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1001" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Ephraim's Iniquity</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: qê·rə·ḇū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">they prepare</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">their heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/8574.htm" title="8574: ḵat·tan·nūr (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- (portable) stove, firepot. From niyr; a fire-pot.">like an oven</a> <a href="/hebrew/696.htm" title="696: bə·’ā·rə·bām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- An ambuscade. The same as 'ereb.">while they lie in wait;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: hal·lay·lāh (Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">night</a> <a href="/hebrew/644.htm" title="644: ’ō·p̄ê·hem (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 3mp) -- To bake. A primitive root; to cook, especially to bake.">their anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3463.htm" title="3463: yā·šên (Adj-ms) -- Sleeping. From yashen; sleepy.">smolders;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: bō·qer (N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">in the morning</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: ḇō·‘êr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">blazes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3852.htm" title="3852: le·hā·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Flame, blade. Or lahebeth; feminine of lahab, and meaning the same.">like a flaming</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: kə·’êš (Prep-k:: N-csc) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">fire.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Jeremiah 9:3</a></span><br />“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4</a></span><br />In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Proverbs 6:14</a></span><br />With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm">Isaiah 59:13</a></span><br />rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></span><br />The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a></span><br />For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Romans 3:13-14</a></span><br />“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” / “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-1.htm">Psalm 36:1-4</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. / For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. / The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a></span><br />Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Isaiah 32:6</a></span><br />For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Jeremiah 4:14</a></span><br />Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21</a></span><br />But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Hosea 7:4,7</a></b></br> They <i>are</i> all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, <i>who</i> ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/19-11.htm">1 Samuel 19:11-15</a></b></br> Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/13-28.htm">2 Samuel 13:28,29</a></b></br> Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? 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In the Hebrew context, the word for "oven" (תַּנּוּר, tannur) refers to a clay oven used for baking, which would be heated to a high temperature. This metaphor suggests that the hearts of the people are inflamed with lust and wickedness, burning with unchecked desires. Historically, ovens were central to daily life, symbolizing sustenance and provision, yet here it is twisted to represent destructive fervor. This phrase calls to mind the idea that the internal state of a person can be as consuming and potentially destructive as fire, a theme echoed throughout Scripture in passages warning against unchecked sin and passion.<p><b>They approach with intrigue</b><br />The phrase "approach with intrigue" suggests a deliberate and deceitful movement towards sin. The Hebrew root for "intrigue" (אָרַב, arab) can imply lying in wait or ambushing, indicating a premeditated and cunning approach to wrongdoing. This reflects the moral decay and the scheming nature of the people, who are not merely passive in their sin but actively plotting and engaging in deceitful practices. In a historical context, this could relate to the political machinations and alliances that Israel pursued, often turning away from God to seek security in foreign powers. The phrase serves as a warning against the dangers of duplicity and the importance of integrity and transparency in one's relationship with God and others.<p><b>Their passion smolders all night</b><br />The image of passion smoldering "all night" conveys a sense of continuous, unrelenting desire. The Hebrew word for "smolders" (יָלַן, yalan) can mean to lodge or remain, suggesting that these desires are not fleeting but persistent, occupying the heart and mind even in the quiet of night. This phrase highlights the pervasive nature of sin, which can take root and persist if not addressed. In the biblical narrative, night often symbolizes a time of vulnerability and hidden actions, further emphasizing the secretive and enduring nature of their sinful passions. This serves as a reminder of the need for vigilance and the importance of addressing sin before it takes hold and consumes one's life.<p><b>In the morning it blazes like a flaming fire</b><br />The transition from smoldering to blazing "like a flaming fire" illustrates the inevitable outcome of unchecked sin. The Hebrew word for "blazes" (בָּעַר, ba'ar) means to burn or consume, indicating that what begins as a hidden desire eventually manifests in overt actions. This progression from internal to external reflects the biblical principle that sin, if not confessed and repented, will ultimately lead to visible consequences. The imagery of fire is often used in Scripture to denote judgment and purification, suggesting that the people's actions will lead to their own destruction. This serves as a sobering reminder of the destructive power of sin and the need for repentance and renewal through God's grace.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Render, <span class= "ital">Yea, they draw nigh together. Like an oven in their heart with their wiles. Their baker sleepeth all the night,</span> &c. The metaphor of <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm" title="They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from raising after he has kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.">Hosea 7:4</a> is resumed. The baker, having left his dough to become leavened and his fire to smoulder, can afford to sleep. The baker may mean the evil passion which has been raging. Indeed, Wnsche and Schmoller, by a slight change of punctuation, obtain the rendering "their anger," instead of "their baker," which is supported by the Targum and Syriac version. After the murderous plots and carousal, the conspiracy ripens with the day; then will come the outburst of violence.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - This verse, Wunsche thinks, is probably the most difficult in the whole book. <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> The translation of the first clause in the Authorized Version is susceptible of a more literal and improved rendering. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> "For they bring near as an oven their heart, whilst they lie in wait;" that is, they approach the king with loyalty on their lips, but hatred in their heart. Their heart (which is the fact) is heated with evil passion, as an oven (which is the figure) is heated for baking purposes; while they are secretly set for wickedness. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> Wunsche, after enumerating a great variety of renderings and expositions, with none of which he is satisfied, gives the following: "For they press close together; like an oven is their heart in their artifice (cunning)." The meaning, according to the same author, is that all, scoffers and king alike, press near each other, being of one heart and disposition; cunning makes them one single society. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/7-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they prepare</span><br /><span class="heb">קֵרְב֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qê·rə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבָּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like an oven,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַתַּנּ֛וּר</span> <span class="translit">(ḵat·tan·nūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8574.htm">Strong's 8574: </a> </span><span class="str2">(portable) stove, firepot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">while they lie in wait;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָרְבָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·rə·bām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_693.htm">Strong's 693: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie in wait</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">night</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lay·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·p̄ê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_644.htm">Strong's 644: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cook, to bake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">smolders;</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשֵׁ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3462.htm">Strong's 3462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the morning</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֕קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(bō·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֥וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blazes</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹעֵ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇō·‘êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kindle, consume, to be, brutish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a flaming</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶהָבָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(le·hā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3852.htm">Strong's 3852: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fire.</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּאֵ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(kə·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 7:6 For they have made ready their heart (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/7-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 7:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 7:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/7-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 7:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 7:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>