Hosea 7:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Hosea 7:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Hosea 7:6 is a verse from the book of Hosea in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the m..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Hosea 7:6 — KJV
“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. made...: or, applied”
— Hosea 7:6 (KJV)
Hosea 7:6 in Context — About the Book of Hosea
Hosea lived his sermon: commanded to marry an unfaithful wife and keep bringing her home, he became a walking picture of God's scandalous love for wandering Israel. The book aches with betrayal yet ends with healing for backsliders and love that will not let go.
Cross-References for Hosea 7:6
“Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:”
Shares key themes with Hosea 7:6: made, ready, heart
“When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)”
Shares key themes with Hosea 7:6: heart, lie, night
“And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. upon all: or, above all defence: Heb. covering”
Shares key themes with Hosea 7:6: lie, night, flaming
“And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 7:6: made, morning, fire
“And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel”
Shares key themes with Hosea 7:6: made, like, oven
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