Hosea 7:6 Cross References

Hosea 7:6

6: Their hearts blaze like a furnace with intrigue. Their plot smolders through the night, and in the morning it flames forth like a raging fire.

How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry out any of the wicked schemes you have power to accomplish.

They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot even while the baker is still kneading the dough.

Absalom told his men, "Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don't be afraid. I'm the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!"
So at Absalom's signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.

for evil people cannot sleep until they have done their evil deed for the day. They cannot rest unless they have caused someone to stumble.

Then Saul sent troops to watch David's house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David's wife, warned him, "If you don't get away tonight, you will be dead by morning."
So she helped him climb out through a window, and he escaped.
Then she took an idol and put it in his bed, covered it with blankets, and put a cushion of goat's hair at its head.
When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn't get out of bed.
"Then bring him to me in his bed," Saul ordered, "so I can kill him as he lies there!" And he sent them back to David's house.

They lurk in dark alleys, murdering the innocent who pass by. They are always searching for some helpless victim.
Like lions they crouch silently, waiting to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture their victims and drag them away in nets.

You will destroy them as in a flaming furnace when you appear. The LORD will consume them in his anger; fire will devour them.

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