Hosea 7:3

They make the Melech glad with their ra'ah, 1 and the sarim (princes) with their lies. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

In Context

2And they consider not in their levavot 1 that I remember all their ra'ah; 1 now their own evil doings surround them; 1 they are before My face. 1

4They are all no'afim (adulterers), 1 as an oven heated by the baker, 1 who ceaseth stirring from the kneading of the batzek (dough), 1 until its chametz leavening rises. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:6Then the Melech Yisroel gathered the nevi'im together, about 400 men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramot-Gil'ad to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for Hashem shall deliver it into the hand of HaMelech.

Jeremiah 5:31The nevi'im prophesy falsely, 1 and the kohanim rule at their direction; 1 and My people love to have it this way; 1 but what will ye do in the end?

Jeremiah 28:1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Chananyah ben Azzur HaNavi, who was from Giv'on, spoke unto me in the Beis Hashem, before the eyes of the kohanim and of kol haAm, saying,

Hosea 4:2By aloh (false swearing, perjury), and kachash (lying), and ratzo'ach (murder), 1 and ganov (stealing), and na'of (committing adultery) they break away, 1 and damim b'damim they follow (bloodshed follows bloodshed). 1

Hosea 7:5In the Yom Malkeinu 1 the sarim (princes) have made him sick with the heat of yayin; 1 he has stretched out his hand with the letzim (mockers). 1

Micah 6:16For the chukkot Omri (statutes of Omri) are kept, 1 and kol ma'aseh Bais Ach'av (all the works of the House of Ahab); 1 and ye walk in their mo'atzot (advise, counsel); 1 therefore, I should make thee a desolation, 1 and the inhabitants thereof an object of hissing; 1 therefore ye shall bear the cherpah (scorn, abuse, disgrace) of Ami (My people).

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 →

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