Hosea 7:5

A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves [with] the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

Young's Literal Translation

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

4All of them [are] adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

6For they have drawn near, As an oven [is] their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:4And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, 'Catch him;' and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him,

Psalms 69:12Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

Proverbs 20:1Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

Isaiah 5:11Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!

Isaiah 28:1Woe [to] the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That [is] on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.

Daniel 5:1Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

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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