Hosea 7:5

On 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

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In The King James Version

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

In Context

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

6For with hearts like an oven, 1 they devise their deceitful plans. 1 Their anger smolders all night; 1 in the morning it burns high like a flaming fire. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:4When the king heard what the man of God said, that he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam reached out with his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” Then the hand with which he had reached out against the man dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

Psalms 69:12Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; 1 I am a song of drunkards. 1

Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; 1 whoever is led astray by drink is not wise. 1

Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to obtain strong drink, 1 those who linger late into the night until wine inflames them. 1

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud garland crown that is worn by each of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, 1 the garland that is set on the head of the lush Valley of those who are overcome with wine! 1

Daniel 5:1Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his noblemen, and he drank wine in front of all one thousand of them.

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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