Hosea 7:7

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Summary

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

Devoured

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General references

Proverbs 6:27

Bible References

Devoured

They have set up kings, but not by Me;

They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.

His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah.

And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.

When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel.

Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.

There

Though the pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

I will go away and return to My place
Until they

acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;

In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

“But the godless in heart lay up anger;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

“Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;
But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.

There is no one who calls on Your name,
Who arouses himself to take hold of You;
For You have hidden Your face from us
And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities.

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.

General references

Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?