“On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hosea 7 contains 16 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.