| Geneva Study Bible They are all hot as an oven, and have {e} devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. (e) By their doing God has deprived them of all good rulers. Wesley's Notes 7:7 Devoured - As a fire destroys, so have these conspirators, destroyed their rulers. Their kings - All that have been since Jeroboam the second's reign, to the delivery of this prophecy, namely, Zechariah, Shallum, Pekahiah, Pekah, fell by the conspiracy of such hot princes. That telleth - Not one of all these either feared, trusted, or worshipped God. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 7. all hot-All burn with eagerness to cause universal disturbance (2Ki 15:1-38). devoured their judges-magistrates; as the fire of the oven devours the fuel. all their kings . fallen-See on [1122]Ho 7:1. none . calleth unto me-Such is their perversity that amid all these national calamities, none seeks help from Me (Isa 9:13; 64:7). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 7:1-7 A practical disbelief of 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 appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires, like a heated oven. In the midst of their troubles as a nation, the people never thought of seeking help from God. The actual wickedness of men's lives bears a very small proportion to what is in their hearts. But when lust is inwardly cherished, it will break forth into outward sin. Those who tempt others to drunkenness never can be their real friends, and often design their ruin. Thus men execute the Divine vengeance on each other. Those are not only heated with sin, but hardened in sin, who continue to live without prayer, even when in trouble and distress. | 
