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 gladden the king with their evil and the princes with their lies. 4All of them are practicing adultery, as an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring or kneading dough when it is leavened. On the day of our king, princes become sick from wine. His hand drags scorners along. 6For their hearts are like an oven, as they wait in ambush. All night their anger smolders. In the morning it burns like a blazing fire. 7All of them are hot like an oven, and they devour their rulers. All of their kings have fallen. None among 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 40:20Then it happened on the third day—Pharaoh’s birthday—that he held a banquet for all his servants. He lifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and was drinking wine in front of the thousand.
• Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
• Mark 6:21An opportunity came—when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his high officials, military brass, and the leaders of the Galilee.
• Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is unwise.
• Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning— so they may pursue liquor, who stay up late at night, until wine inflames them!
• Isaiah 28:1Oy , the proud crown of Ephraim’s drunks! Its glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is at the head of the fertile valleys of those overcome with wine!
• Habakkuk 2:15Oy to one who makes his neighbor drink, who pours out Your fury, and even making him drunk In order to gaze at his nakedness!
• Ephesians 5:18And do not get drunk on wine, for that is recklessness. Instead, be filled with the Ruach,
• 1 Peter 4:3For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to carry out the desire of the pagans—living in indecency, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, wild parties, and lawless idolatries.
• 1 Kings 13:4Now when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he proclaimed against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar saying: “Seize him!” But the hand which he stretched out against him withered—he could not even draw it back to himself.
• Psalms 1:1Happy is the one who has not walked in the advice of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of scoffers.
• Psalms 69:12When I put on sackcloth, I became a joke to them.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men is wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
• Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? Who has complaining? Who has bruises for no reason? Who has red eyes?
• Daniel 5:4They drank the wine and praised the 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