Verse 3
Hosea 7:3
World English Bible, British Edition
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They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/רָעָתָ֖/ם יְשַׂמְּחוּ מֶ֑לֶךְ וּ/בְ/כַחֲשֵׁי/הֶ֖ם שָׂרִֽים
English Translation
In their evil, kings will rejoice, and by their lies, princes will be glad.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
When I would heal Israel,
then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
also the wickedness of Samaria;...
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2
They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness.
Now their own deeds have e...
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3
They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies.
4
They are all adulterers.
They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring,
from the knead...
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5
On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the
heat of wine.
He joined his hand w...
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6
For they have prepared their heart like an oven,
while they lie in wait.
Their anger smoulders all n...
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7
They are all hot as an oven,
and devour their judges.
All their kings have fallen.
There is no one a...
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8
Ephraim mixes himself amongst the nations.
Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
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9
Strangers have devoured his strength,
and he doesn’t realise it.
Indeed, grey hairs are here and the...
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10
The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
yet they haven’t returned to the LORD their God (Elohim),...
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11
“Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding.
They call to Egypt.
They go to Assy...
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12
When they go, I will spread my net on them.
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will...
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13
Woe to them!
For they have wandered from me.
Destruction to them!
For they have trespassed against m...
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14
They haven’t cried to me with their heart,
but they howl on their beds.
They assemble themselves for...
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15
Though I have taught and strengthened their arms,
yet they plot evil against me.
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16
They return, but not to the Most High.
They are like a faulty bow.
Their princes will fall by the sw...
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