Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the day of our king—his birthday or day of inauguration.
have made him sick—namely, the king. MAURER translates, "make themselves sick."
with bottles of wine—drinking not merely glasses, but bottles. MAURER translates, "Owing to the heat of wine."
he stretched out his hand with scorners—the gesture of revellers in holding out the cup and in drinking to one another's health. Scoffers were the king's boon companions.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 7:5:
Amos 4:1
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