Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Israel's corruption is pervasive: they have not cried to God with their heart but howl on their beds. They turn but not upward. Ephraim is like a silly dove, calling to Egypt and going to Assyria. They will be punished …
Other Translations
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies--princes.
In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
Cross References
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor …
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives …
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in …
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and …
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: …
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
Then Amaziah the priest of Beth–el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the …
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his …
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.