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Hosea 7:4

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
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English Standard Version

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.

New International Version

They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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