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For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
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A Heart Prepared for Sin
Commentators explain that the "oven" represents the human heart. The verse isn't just about a sudden burst of passion, but about a heart deliberately prepared and fueled for sin. Like a baker loading an oven with fuel, people can secretly nourish corrupt desires and plots, allowing them to grow hotter over time, even during periods of apparent inactivity.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For they have made ready their heart like an oven - He gives the reason for their bursting out into open mischief; it was always st…
19th Century
Anglican
The passage is rendered: Yes, they draw near together. Like an oven in their heart with their wiles. Their baker sleeps all the night, etc…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet says that the Israelites secretly, and by hidden means, prepared their hearts for evil deeds. He uses nearly the same analogy as h…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait The prince…
A practical disbelief in God's government was at the bottom of all Israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins a…
