Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Hosea 7:3 in other translations
| BSB | They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies--princes. |
| DARBY | They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. |
| BBE | In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit. |
| Webster | They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. |
What does Hosea 7:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 7:1-7
The manifold sins of Israel. (Hos. 7:1-7) Their senselessness and hypocrisy. (Hos. 7:8-16) Verses 1-7 A practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires, like a heated oven. In the midst of their troubles as a nation, the people never thought of…
Hosea 7:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 7:3
- Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
- Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
- Jeremiah 28:1-4
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Amos 7:10-13
Then Amaziah the priest of Beth–el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
- Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- 1 Kings 22:13
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
- Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- 1 John 4:5
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
- Micah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
- Jeremiah 37:19
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
- Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
- 1 Kings 22:6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
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- Hosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
- Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Hosea 7:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Con su maldad alegran al rey, y á los príncipes con sus mentiras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils réjouissent le roi par leur méchanceté, et les princes par leurs mensonges. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mit ihrer Bosheit erfreuen sie den König und mit ihren Lügen die Fürsten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In malitia sua lætificaverunt regem, et in mendaciis suis principes. |