Hosea 7:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ Yes, they burned^[a] like an oven with their plotting. All night their anger smoldered, and in the morning it burst into flames.

⁷ “In the heat of their anger they murdered their rulers. Their kings have been assassinated one after another, but no one prays to me for help.”

Israel and the Nations

⁸ The Lord says, “The people of Israel are like a half-baked loaf of bread. They rely on the nations around them