Hosea 7:3
They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 22:6And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give it into the hands of the king.
Jeremiah 5:31the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will ye do for the future?
Jeremiah 28:1Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind.
Hosea 4:2Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.
Hosea 7:5In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.
Micah 6:16For thou hast kept the statutes of Omri, and done all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye have walked in their ways, that I might deliver thee to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of nations.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:2-8
Charge Drawn up against Israel; The Crimes of the Princes. ( b. c. 750.) 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are… Read the whole commentary →