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

3The 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. At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers. 6They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire. 7All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All of their kings fall – and none of them call 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 it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He “lifted up” the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all.
• Matthew 14:6But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
• Mark 6:21But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
• Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
• Isaiah 5:11Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.
• Isaiah 28:1The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.
• Habakkuk 2:15“You who force your neighbor to drink wine are as good as dead – you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their genitals.
• Ephesians 5:18And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
• 1 Peter 4:3For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
• 1 Kings 13:4When the king heard what the prophet cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand and ordered, “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up and he could not pull it back.
• Psalms 1:1How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
• Proverbs 13:20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?
• Daniel 5:4As they drank wine, they praised the gods 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