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he stretched out his hand with mockers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the day of our king the princes have made <i>him</i> sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In the day of our king Princes have made <i>him</i> sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the day of our king, the officials became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />On the [special] day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; The king stretched out his hand [in association] with scoffers (lawless people).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine — there is a conspiracy with traitors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine— there is a conspiracy with traitors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />On the day their king was crowned, his officials got him drunk, and he joined in their foolishness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On the day of the king's celebration, the officials become drunk from wine, and the king joins mockers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On the day of the king's celebration they made the king and his officials drunk and foolish with wine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"On the king's festival day the princes got drunk from wine, so the king joined the mockers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A day of our king! Princes have defiled themselves [with] the poison of wine, "" He has drawn out his hand with scorners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves with the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The day of our king the chiefs began anger from wine; stretching forth his hand with mockers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The day of our king, the princes began to be mad with wine: he stretched out his hand with scorners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />On the day of our king, the leaders began to be mad with wine; he extended his hand with those who fabricate illusions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On the day of our king, they made the princes sick with poisoned wine; he extended his hand to the scoffers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />On the day of our king the officials became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The day they start to give counsel, the princes begin to become inflamed with wine; they stretch out their hands with wicked men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The day that they give counsel, the Princes begin to be passionate from wine; they reach out their hands with evil ones<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />On the day of our king The princes make him sick with the heat of wine, He stretcheth out his hand with scorners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>In</i> the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/7-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=992" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Ephraim's Iniquity</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: śā·rîm (N-mp) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">The princes</a> <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm" title="2470: he·ḥĕ·lū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">are inflamed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥă·maṯ (N-fsc) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: mî·yā·yin (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">with wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">on the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·kê·nū (N-msc:: 1cp) -- King. From malak; a king.">of our king;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4900.htm" title="4900: mā·šaḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To draw, drag. A primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications.">so he joins hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/3887.htm" title="3887: lō·ṣə·ṣîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. To scoff; hence to interpret, or intercede.">those who mock him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-4.htm">Proverbs 31:4-5</a></span><br />It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, / lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Isaiah 28:1</a></span><br />Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a></span><br />These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Daniel 5:1-4</a></span><br />Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. / Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. / Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/5-23.htm">Daniel 5:23</a></span><br />Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">1 Kings 16:8-10</a></span><br />In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years. / However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. / So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/20-16.htm">1 Kings 20:16</a></span><br />They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/1-10.htm">Esther 1:10-11</a></span><br />On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas— / to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-12.htm">Psalm 69:12</a></span><br />Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-16.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:16-17</a></span><br />Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning. / Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/14-6.htm">Matthew 14:6-9</a></span><br />On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod / so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked. / Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-21.htm">Mark 6:21-26</a></span><br />On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. / When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” / And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11</a></span><br />But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.</p><p class="hdg">the day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/40-20.htm">Genesis 40:20</a></b></br> And it came to pass the third day, <i>which was</i> Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Daniel 5:1-4</a></b></br> Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/14-6.htm">Matthew 14:6</a></b></br> But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.</p><p class="hdg">made.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a></b></br> Wine <i>is</i> a mocker, strong drink <i>is</i> raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11,12,22,23</a></b></br> Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, <i>that</i> they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, <i>till</i> wine inflame them! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Isaiah 28:1,7,8</a></b></br> Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty <i>is</i> a fading flower, which <i>are</i> on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! … </p><p class="hdg">bottles of wine.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-4.htm">1 Kings 13:4</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.</p><p class="hdg">with scorners.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a></b></br> Blessed <i>is</i> the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-12.htm">Psalm 69:12</a></b></br> They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I <i>was</i> the song of the drunkards.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/13-20.htm">Proverbs 13:20</a></b></br> He that walketh with wise <i>men</i> shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm">Bottles</a> <a href="/daniel/7-16.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/hosea/2-11.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/daniel/3-22.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/daniel/8-27.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Inflamed</a> <a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-16.htm">Joins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Mockers</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-19.htm">Poison</a> <a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/hosea/7-3.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/hosea/7-3.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Scoffers</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Scorners</a> <a href="/daniel/8-27.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/daniel/11-42.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">Stretcheth</a> <a href="/hosea/7-3.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/9-17.htm">Bottles</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/hosea/9-5.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/hosea/11-9.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-16.htm">Inflamed</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-11.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/luke/15-2.htm">Joins</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm">Mockers</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Poison</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/acts/13-41.htm">Scoffers</a> <a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Scorners</a> <a href="/micah/6-13.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Stretcheth</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">A reproof of manifold sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/hosea/7.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>On the day of our king</b><br />This phrase refers to a specific occasion, likely a royal celebration or feast day, which was common in ancient Israelite culture. The "day of our king" could be a coronation, a birthday, or another significant event. Historically, such days were marked by festivities and revelry. The Hebrew word for "day" (יוֹם, yom) often signifies a time of judgment or significant event. In this context, it suggests a time when the king should be leading with wisdom and righteousness, yet the opposite occurs.<p><b>the princes become inflamed with wine</b><br />The term "inflamed" (חָמַם, chamam) in Hebrew conveys a sense of being heated or enflamed, often used metaphorically for passion or intoxication. The princes, who are supposed to be leaders and examples of sobriety and wisdom, are instead overtaken by wine. This reflects a broader theme in Hosea of moral and spiritual decay among Israel's leaders. Wine, in biblical times, was a symbol of joy and blessing but also of excess and moral failure when abused. The imagery here is one of leaders losing control, succumbing to indulgence rather than fulfilling their duties.<p><b>and he joins hands</b><br />The act of joining hands (יָד, yad) is a gesture of agreement or alliance. In the biblical context, it often signifies a covenant or partnership. Here, it implies that the king is aligning himself with those who are not in his best interest, showing a lack of discernment and wisdom. This phrase highlights the king's failure to maintain integrity and righteousness, choosing instead to associate with those who lead him astray.<p><b>with those who mock him</b><br />The word "mock" (לָצוֹן, latson) in Hebrew suggests scorn or derision. Those who mock the king are likely his political adversaries or those who do not respect his authority. This phrase underscores the king's vulnerability and poor judgment, as he aligns himself with individuals who do not have his or the nation's best interests at heart. In a broader spiritual sense, it reflects Israel's tendency to turn away from God and align with foreign nations or idols, leading to their downfall.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Following the hint of the LXX. and other versions, the rendering of which is based on a slightly different punctuation of the Hebrew, we prefer to translate, <span class= "ital">the day of our king the princes have begun with the glowing</span> (or <span class= "ital">fever</span>)<span class= "ital"> of wine</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> the carousal of the princely retinue in celebration of the sovereign's coronation-day (or birthday) commences at an early hour, significant of monstrous excess. (Comp. <a href="/acts/2-15.htm" title="For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.">Acts 2:15</a>.) There is bitterness in the use of the pronoun "our" before "king." Otherwise we must render, <span class= "ital">have made themselves ill with the fever of wine</span> (the Authorised version is here inaccurate). The last clause is obscure; probably it means "he (<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> our king) hath made common cause with scorners," and is boon-companion of the dissolute and depraved. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/23-1.htm" title="You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.">Exodus 23:1</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - A like diversity of exposition is found in connection with ver. 5, at least it, first clause. <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> There is <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> the rendering already given; but <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> Wunsche, taking <span class="hebrew">החלו</span> from <span class="hebrew">חלל</span>, to begin, as is done by the LXX., Syriac, Chaldee, and Jerome, translates:" The princes begin [<span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. open] the day of our king in the heat of wine." Consequently, <span class="accented">yom is</span> . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/7-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The princes</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(śā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are inflamed</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶחֱל֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥĕ·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be weak or sick</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with wine</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיָּ֑יִן</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yā·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wine, intoxication</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the day</span><br /><span class="heb">י֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our king;</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכֵּ֔נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mal·kê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so he joins hands</span><br /><span class="heb">מָשַׁ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·šaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4900.htm">Strong's 4900: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw, drag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who mock him.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹצְצִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(lō·ṣə·ṣîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3945.htm">Strong's 3945: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deride</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/7-5.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 7:5 On the day of our king (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/7-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 7:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 7:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/7-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 7:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 7:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>