Hosea 7:5 Meaning and Explanation
“In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →On the king's festal day his officials make him sick with wine, and he joins hands with those who mock.
What Does Hosea 7:5 Mean?
The scene moves to a royal celebration, perhaps a coronation or feast day. The princes ply the king with wine until he is overcome, and he extends his hand in fellowship with scoffers, those who treat sacred things with contempt.
Reverence has collapsed into revelry. The leaders who should guard the nation drown it in indulgence and laugh at what is holy. The verse warns how easily celebration becomes corruption when God is left out, and how the company we welcome shapes the people we become.
Hosea 7:5 in the Original Language
luts (לוּץ), 'scorners' -- those who mock and scoff, treating the sacred with derision.
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What does Hosea 7:5 mean?
On the king's festal day his officials make him sick with wine, and he joins hands with those who mock.