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Hosea 7:3

Sin

1 When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

4 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.

5 The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
KJV
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
WEB
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
ASV
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
DARBY
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
BLB
With their evil they make glad the king, and with their lies—princes.
ÅB
Ved sin ondskap gleder de kongen og ved sine løgner fyrstene.
OTB
Gjennom deres ondskap gleder de kongen,
Og embetsmennene gleder seg over deres bedrag.
B1930
Ved sin ondskap gleder de kongen og ved sine løgner fyrstene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 1:32

    Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

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  • Micah 7:3

    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

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  • Jeremiah 28:1–4

    In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:

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  • Amos 7:10–13

    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

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  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

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  • 1 Kings 22:13

    Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”

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  • Hosea 4:2

    Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

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  • 1 John 4:5

    They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

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