King James Version
Hosea 7:5 in the King James Version says “In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. bot...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. bottles: or, heat through wine”
Hosea 7:5 · KJV
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
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. who: or, the raiser will cease raising: or, waking
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. bottles: or, heat through wine
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. made: or, applied
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“In the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“have made him sick”
H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
“he stretched out”
H4900to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
“his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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