Hosea 7:3

Hosea 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
• New International Version (NIV)“They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They make a king glad with their wickedness, And princes with their lies.

Context of Hosea 7:3

1whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets. 2They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me. The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies. 4They are all like bakers, they are like a smoldering oven; they are like a baker who does not stoke the fire until the kneaded dough is ready for baking. 5At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.

Hosea 7:3 word by word

בְּרָעָתָ֖ם יְשַׂמְּחוּ־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם שָׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They make the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• gladשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• with their wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• and the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• with their liesכַּ֫חַשׁkachash · lieH3585

Cross-references for Hosea 7:3

• Hosea 5:11Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
• 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king.”
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
• Jeremiah 9:2(9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.
• Jeremiah 28:1The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah in the Lord’s temple in the presence of the priests and all the people.
• Jeremiah 37:19Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?
• Amos 7:10Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.
• Micah 6:16You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city’s inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you.”
• Micah 7:3They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
• Romans 1:32Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
• 1 John 4:5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

Commentaries on Hosea 7:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3They make the king glad - They pleased Jeroboam by coming readily into his measures, and heartily joining with him in his idolatry. And they professed to be perfectly happy in their change, and to be greatly advantaged by their new gods; and that the religion of the state now was better than that of Jehovah. Thus, they made all their rulers, "glad with their lies."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3They make the king glad with their wickedness - Wicked sovereigns and a wicked people are a curse to each other, each encouraging the other in sin. Their king, being wicked, had pleasure in their wickedness; and they, seeing him to be pleased by it, set themselves the more, to do what was evil, and to amuse him with accounts of their sins. Sin is in itself so shameful, that even the great cannot, by themselves, sustain themselves in it, without others to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The prophet did not record the king's name. Many people believe it was Hoshea, the last king of the northern kingdom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Their princes, instead of checking, "have pleasure in them that do" such crimes (Ro 1:32).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 7:3

• Godlessness
• Rulers
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Troop
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

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