Hosea

Hosea 7:3–5

³They delight the king with their evil,

and the princes with their lies.

⁴They are all adulterers,

like an oven heated by a baker

who needs not stoke the fire

from the kneading to the rising of the dough.

⁵The princes are inflamed with wine

on the day of our king;

so he joins hands

with those who mock him.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They delight	יְשַׂמְּחוּ־	yə·śam·mə·ḥū-	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8055 rejoice, be glad
the king	מֶ֑לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
with their evil	בְּרָעָתָ֖ם	bə·rā·‘ā·ṯām	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H7451 bad, evil
and the princes	שָׂרִֽים׃	śā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
with their lies	וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם	ū·ḇə·ḵa·ḥă·šê·hem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H3585 lying

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They are all	כֻּלָּם֙	kul·lām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3605 the whole, all
adulterers	מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים	mə·nā·’ă·p̄îm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H5003 commit adultery
like	כְּמ֣וֹ	kə·mōw	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
an oven	תַנּ֔וּר	ṯan·nūr	Noun - common singular	H8574 stove
heated	בֹּעֵ֖רָה	bō·‘ê·rāh	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H1197 burn, consume
by a baker	מֵֽאֹפֶ֑ה	mê·’ō·p̄eh	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H644 bake
who needs not	יִשְׁבּ֣וֹת	yiš·bō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
stoke the fire	מֵעִ֔יר	mê·‘îr	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5782 rouse oneself, awake
from the kneading	מִלּ֥וּשׁ	mil·lūš	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3888 knead
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the rising	חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃	ḥum·ṣā·ṯōw	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H2556 be sour, leavened
of the dough	בָּצֵ֖ק	bā·ṣêq	Noun - masculine singular	H1217 dough

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The princes	שָׂרִ֖ים	śā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
are inflamed	הֶחֱל֥וּ	he·ḥĕ·lū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H2470 be weak, sick
with wine	מִיָּ֑יִן	mî·yā·yin	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3196 wine
on the day	י֣וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of our king	מַלְכֵּ֔נוּ	mal·kê·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H4428 king
so he joins hands	מָשַׁ֥ךְ	mā·šaḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4900 draw, drag
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
those who mock him	לֹצְצִֽים׃	lō·ṣə·ṣîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H3887 scorn

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Hosea 7:3 Romans 1:32 · Micah 7:3 · Jeremiah 28:1–4

Hosea 7:4 Jeremiah 9:2 · Jeremiah 5:7–8 · James 4:4

Hosea 7:5 1 Peter 4:3–4 · Isaiah 28:1 · Genesis 40:20 · Psalm 1:1 · Daniel 5:23 · Ephesians 5:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.