Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:7
Hosea 7:7. They are all hot as an oven— The prophet here describes the punishment of their crimes, keeping up the similitude under which he represented those crimes; as much as to say, "Because they have grown hot with wine, &c. like an oven, they shall be burned like an oven with the same fire which they have kindled. In this fire their judges, &c. shall be consumed." See Houbigant. All their kings are fallen— The prophesy looks forward to the fall of the six last kings in perpetual... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:6
Hosea 7:6. For they have made ready, &c.— Their heart burns as an oven; their fury smoketh forth all the night; and in the morn it burneth as a flame of fire. Houbigant. read more