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

3“The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies. 4They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot while the baker is kneading the dough. On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine, carousing with those who mock them. 6Their hearts are like an oven blazing with intrigue. Their plot smolders through the night, and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire. 7Burning like an oven, they consume their leaders. They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries to me for help.

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 40:20Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.
• Daniel 5:1Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
• Matthew 14:6But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias’s daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,
• Mark 6:21Herodias’s chance finally came on Herod’s birthday. He gave a party for his high government officials, army officers, and the leading citizens of Galilee.
• Proverbs 20:1Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.
• Isaiah 5:11What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk.
• Isaiah 28:1What sorrow awaits the proud city of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel. It sits at the head of a fertile valley, but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower. It is the pride of a people brought down by wine.
• Habakkuk 2:15“What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness.
• Ephesians 5:18Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
• 1 Peter 4:3You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
• 1 Kings 13:4When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king’s hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn’t pull it back.
• Psalms 1:1Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers.
• Psalms 69:12I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.
• Proverbs 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.
• Proverbs 23:29Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
• Daniel 5:4While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, 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