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Hosea 7:5

Hosea 7:5
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

In the day of our king,.... Either his birthday, or his coronation day, when he was inaugurated into his kingly office, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi; or the day on which Jeroboam set up the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In the day of our king, the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine - (Or, “with heat from wine.”) Their holydays, like those of so many Englishmen now, were days of excess. “The day of their…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hosea 7:1-7

Some take away the last words of the foregoing chapter, and make them the beginning of this: "When I returned, or would have returned, the captivity of my people, when I was about to come towards them…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Here the figurative description is interrupted by one from real life.

In the day of our king Either the coronation-day (so the Targum), or (comp. Mat 14:6) the royal birthday is meant. The prophet…