Hosea 7:4-6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴ A baker presses dough to make bread.
    He puts the bread in the oven.
He does not make the fire hotter
    while the bread is rising.
But the people of Israel are not like that.
    They are always making their fire hotter.
⁵ On Our King’s Day, the leaders get so drunk that they get sick.
    They become crazy with wine
    and make agreements with people who laugh at God.
⁶ The people make their secret plans.
    Their hearts burn with excitement like an oven.
Their excitement burns all night,
    and in the morning it is like a hot fire.