Hosea 7:6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7

Some take away the last words of the foregoing chapter, and make them the beginning of this: ?When I returned, or would have returned, the captivity of my people, when I was about to come towards them in ways of mercy, even when I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim (the country and common people) was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, the court and the chief city.? Now, in these verses, we may observe, I. A general idea given of the present state of Israel, Hos.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:6

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait ,.... The prince, people, and scorners before mentioned, being heated with wine, and their lust enraged, they were ready for any wickedness; for the commission of adultery, lying in wait for their neighbours' wives to debauch them; or for rebellion and treason against their king, and even the murder of him, made drunk by them, whom they now despised, and waited for an opportunity to dispatch him: their baker... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:6

Verse 6 Here the Prophet says, that the Israelites did secretly, and by hidden means, prepare their hearts for deeds of evil; and he takes up nearly the same similitude as he did a little while before, though for a different purpose; for he says that they had prepared their hearts secretly, as the baker puts fire in the night in his oven, and then rests, and in the morning the oven is well heated, having attained heat sufficient to bake the bread. The oven becomes hot in the morning, though the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7

Crimes charged on Israel; people and princes. It was a time of great corruption and of atrocious crimes. Nor were those crimes committed only by persons "of the baser sort;" people and princes alike, rulers and ruled, had their share in them; the country and the capital, Ephraim and Samaria; the chief tribe and the chief city, with the common people as well as elite , in the former, and members of the court in the latter. All classes contributed their portion to the national tins, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7

Sins of court and country. The reproofs contained in this chapter lay special emphasis upon the sins of the upper classes. But the prophet brands the whole nation also for its irreligion and immorality, and (in the second part of the chapter) for its political corruption. I. THE EXPOSURE OF ISRAEL 'S SIN . The wickedness of the people is portrayed, both as regards principles and individual acts. It may be described as: 1. Gold-blooded in its principles . ( Hosea 7:1-3 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:3-7

The oven and the baker. High and low united in the wickedness which has been described, and is to be described. The example of the king and court gave the key-note to the subjects, and they in turn pleased the king and his princes by a hearty imitation of their vices. "They made the king glad with their wickedness"—themselves living lives of debauchery and ungodliness; "and the princes with their lies"—offering them flattery, and siding with them in ridicule of the prophet's teachings A new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:4-7

Hosea 7:4 , Hosea 7:6 , and Hosea 7:7 are linked together by the figure of an "oven," common to them; while 4 and 6 have also in common the figure of a "baker." Further, we are helped to the literal meaning of the metaphorical language of Hosea 7:4 and Hosea 7:6 by Hosea 7:5 and Hosea 7:7 respectively. They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker. Whether the sin indicated was idolatry, which is often represented as spiritual adultery, or adultery in the literal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:6

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. Their heart is the oven, as the comparison here teaches us; the fire by which it is inflamed is the fire of sinful passion, and the fuel that feeds the flame is the murderous machination on which they are at present so intent; the baker is either the original contrivers and prompters of their wickedness, or their own wicked spirit, or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:6

This verse, Wunsche thinks, is probably the most difficult in the whole book. 1. The translation of the first clause in the Authorized Version is susceptible of a more literal and improved rendering. 2. In the second clause which Keil translates in the same sense as read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:6

For they have made ready their heart like an oven - He gives the reason old their bursting out into open mischief; it was ever stored up within. They “made ready,” (literally, “brought near”) “their heart.” Their heart was ever brought near to sin, even while the occasion was removed at a distance from it. “The “oven” is their heart; the fuel, their corrupt affections, and inclinations, and evil concupiscence, with which it is filled; “their baker,” their own evil will and imagination, which... read more

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