Half-baked. The idiom means that something is not well thought out. On dictionary defines it as “exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense. I don’t know if the origin of the idiom is Biblical or not, but it could definitely have come from Hosea 7:8; “Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.” When God looked at the persistent rebellion of the northern tribes he saw one part of the people overdone with empty religion and the other part of the kingdom lacking any of the moral restraint and reverence toward his name that Yahweh had longed for them. The people were burnt out on one side and sickenly raw on the other. I’m sure we can find the same struggles inside of the church, and maybe even in our own lives. What can we do about it? In verse 10 of that same chapter God indicates what he wanted the people of Israel to do. It is the same things that he wants from modern believers; return to him. Go back to his word, follow his commands, love others like he loves us. This message is not for those who have never known the truth about God’s will. Hosea wrote to people who knew God and rejected him. That is why the message of Hosea applies to believer today as well as in the time of Hosea.
Stuart
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