Israel burned with the heat of wickedness against God, but they were spiritually blind and too simple-minded to see their impending destruction. When they cried out, it was not to the One who could help.
BibleGateway: Hosea 7:3-16 ESV Text: Hosea 7:3-16 Hosea 7:3–16 (Listen) 3 By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.4 They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.5 On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.6 For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it…