6. they have made ready —rather, "they make their heart approach," namely their king, in going to drink with him. like an oven —following out the image in Hosea 7:4 . As it conceals the lighted fire all night while the baker sleeps but in the morning burns as a flaming fire, so they brood mischief in their hearts while conscience is lulled asleep, and their wicked designs wait only for a fair occasion to break forth [HORSLEY]. Their heart is the oven, their baker the ringleader of the plot. In Hosea 7:7 their plots appear, namely, the intestine disturbances and murders of one king after another, after Jeroboam II. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
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pericope/per-hos-7-001
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Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological