Holy Scripture

Hosea 7:3

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“"In their malice, they made the king rejoice, and in their lies, the princes." LXX: "In their wickedness, the kings rejoiced, and in their lies, the princes." It explains what they did before Him: In their wickedness, they made King Jeroboam rejoice, and in their lies, the princes who led the people under Jeroboam. He…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Hosea 7:3

Source: Septuagint

Original

3They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.

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1When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, even a robber spoiling in his way;

2that they may concert together as men singing in their heart: I remember all their wickedness: now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before my face.

— Hosea 7:3 —

4They are all adulterers, as an oven glowing with flame for hot baking, on account of the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

5In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.

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