Hosea 7:4 Meaning
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Context Explained
2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6For 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.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Matthew 5:28
Jesus teaches on the seriousness of lust, paralleling the theme of adultery in Hosea.
James 4:4
James speaks of friendship with the world as spiritual adultery, echoing Hosea's message.
Ezekiel 23:37
Ezekiel also addresses Israel's unfaithfulness using similar imagery.
Source: Hosea 7:4