Hosea 7:3

With their evil they make the king glad, 1 and by their lies the officials. 1

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

In Context

2They do not realize in their hearts 1 that I remember all their evil deeds. 1 Now their deeds surround them; 1 they are before my face. 1

4They are all adulterers, 1 like an oven heated by the baker, 1 who ceases to stir the fire 1 from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?” They said, “Attack, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy with deceit, and the priests rule with their own power. 1 My people love it this way, but what will happen in the end?'”

Jeremiah 28:1It happened in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and the fifth month, Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in Yahweh's house in front of the priests and all the people. He said,

Hosea 4:2There is cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery. 1 The people have broken all bounds, and bloodshed comes after bloodshed. 1

Hosea 7:5On the day of our king the officials made themselves sick with the heat of wine. 1 He reached out with his hand to those who were mocking. 1

Micah 6:16The regulations made by Omri have been kept, 1 and all the deeds of the house of Ahab. 1 You walk by their advice. 1 So I will make you, city, a ruin, 1 and you inhabitants an object of hissing, 1 and you will bear the reproach of my people.” + 6:16 The Hebrew text has you will bear the reproach of my people , but an ancient Greek version has you will bear the scorn of the nations . Some modern versions follow this reading.

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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