Oséias 7:3

3 “Eles alegram o rei com as suas impiedades,os líderes, com as suas mentiras.

Oséias 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 7:3

They make the king glad with their wickedness
Not any particular king; not Jeroboam the first, as Kimchi; nor Jehu, as Grotius; if any particular king, rather Jeroboam the second; but their kings in general, as the Septuagint render it, in succession, one after another; who were highly delighted and pleased with the priests in offering sacrifice to the calves, and with the people in attending to that idolatrous worship, by which they hoped to secure the kingdom of Israel to themselves, and prevent the people going to Jerusalem to worship: it made them glad to the heart to hear them say that God was as well pleased with sacrifices offered at Dan and Bethel, as at Jerusalem: and the princes with their lies;
with their idols and idolatrous practices, which are vanity and a lie; though some interpret this of their flatteries, either of them, or their favourites; and of their calumnies and detractions of such they had a dislike of.

Oséias 7:3 In-Context

1 Quando eu tento curar Israel,o mal de Efraim fica expostoe os crimes de Samaria são revelados.Pois praticam o engano,ladrões entram nas casas,bandidos roubam nas ruas;

2 mas eles não percebem queeu me lembro de todas as suas más obras.Seus pecados os envolvem;eu os vejo constantemente.

3 “Eles alegram o rei com as suas impiedades,os líderes, com as suas mentiras.

4 São todos adúlteros,queimando como um fornocujo fogo o padeiro não precisa atiçar,desde quando sova a massa até quando a faz crescer.

5 No dia da festa de nosso reios líderes são inflamados pelo vinho,e o rei dá as mãos aos zombadores.