Hos 7:4 | CPDV | STEP | They are all adulterers; like an oven heating up before baking, the city rested a little before the leaven was mixed in, until the whole was leavened.

‏ Hosea 7:4

4 They are all adulterers; like an oven heating up before baking, the city rested a little before the leaven was mixed in, until the whole was leavened. ^{▼▼7:4In other words, ‘like a pre-heated oven....’(Conte)}