Hosea 7:5

Hosea 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
• New International Version (NIV)On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.

Context of Hosea 7:5

3They please the king with their evil, the princes with their lies. 4All of them commit adultery; they are like an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine — there is a conspiracy with traitors. 6For they — their hearts like an oven — draw him into their oven. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. 7All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consume their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls on me.

Hosea 7:5 word by word

י֣וֹם מַלְכֵּ֔נוּ הֶחֱל֥וּ שָׂרִ֖ים חֲמַ֣ת מִיָּ֑יִן מָשַׁ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ אֶת־לֹצְצִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of our kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• sickחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: illH2470
• with bottlesחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• of wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• he stretched outמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900
• his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• with scornersלָצַץlâtsats · to scornH3945

Cross-references for Hosea 7:5

• Genesis 40:20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.
• Matthew 14:6When Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them and pleased Herod.
• Mark 6:21An opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.
• Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.
• Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine.
• Isaiah 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor, which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.
• Habakkuk 2:15Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink, pouring out your wrath and even making them drunk, in order to look at their nakedness!
• Ephesians 5:18And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
• 1 Peter 4:3For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
• 1 Kings 13:4When the king heard the message that the man of God had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Arrest him!” But the hand he stretched out against him withered, and he could not pull it back to himself.
• Psalms 1:1How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers!
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the city gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
• Proverbs 13:20The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
• Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
• Daniel 5:4They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Commentaries on Hosea 7:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5In the day of our king, the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine - (Or, “with heat from wine.”) Their holydays, like those of so many Englishmen now, were days of excess. “The day of their king” was probably some civil festival; his birthday, or his coronation-day. The prophet owns the king, in that he calls him “our king;” he does not blame them for keeping the day, but for the way in which they kept it. Their festival they turned into an…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-7The northern kingdom of Israel had seven different kings during the last twenty-five years of its history. Four of these kings were killed by men who seized the throne. This passage refers to the violent and bloody political struggles that happened in those years.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. the day of our king--his birthday or day of inauguration. have made him sick--namely, the king. Maurer translates, "make themselves sick." with bottles of wine--drinking not merely glasses, but bottles. Maurer translates, "Owing to the heat of wine." he stretched out his hand with scorners--the gesture of revellers in holding out the cup and in drinking to one another's health. Scoffers were the king's boon companions.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 7:5

• Company
• Drunkenness
• Infidelity
• King
• Scoffing
• Sin
• Temptation
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Bottle
• Troop
• Hosea
• Scorn
• Sick; Sickness
• Tanner
• Zechariah, Book of
• Bake
• Birthday
• Wine

Commentaries on Hosea 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings