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Hosea 7

Hos. 7:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They make the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
glad
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
with their wickedness
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
, and the princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
with their lies
kachash (Hebrew #3585)
literally, a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy
KJV usage: leanness, lies, lying.
Pronounce: kakh'-ash
Origin: from 3584
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Psa. 62:4• 4They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah. (Psa. 62:4)

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Prince; Princess

Cross References

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Hos. 5:11• 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment of man. (Hos. 5:11)
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1 Kings 22:6,13• 6And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king's hand.
 13And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak good. (1 Kings 22:6,13)
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Jer. 5:31• 31the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jer. 5:31)
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Jer. 9:2• 2Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. (Jer. 9:2)
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Jer. 28:1‑4• 1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
 2Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
 3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon;
 4and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. (Jer. 28:1‑4)
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Jer. 37:19• 19And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? (Jer. 37:19)
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Amos 7:10‑13• 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel 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.
 11For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall certainly go into captivity out of his land.
 12And Amaziah said unto Amos, Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
 13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom. (Amos 7:10‑13)
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Mic. 6:16• 16For 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 a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people. (Mic. 6:16)
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Mic. 7:3• 3Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. (Mic. 7:3)
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Rom. 1:32• 32who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practise them, but have fellow delight in those who do them. (Rom. 1:32)
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1 John 4:5• 5*They* are of the world; for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. (1 John 4:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.