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They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
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A Vicious Cycle of Corruption
Commentators explain that this verse describes a toxic relationship where wicked leaders and a wicked populace encourage each other's sin. The people's evil deeds pleased the king and princes, and this royal approval, in turn, encouraged the people to sin even more. It creates a downward spiral where everyone affirms and participates in wickedness.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They make the king glad with their wickedness - Wicked sovereigns and a wicked people are a curse to each other, each encouraging the other …
19th Century
Anglican
Glad.— The evil awakens no alarm, but rather sympathy and gladness, in the hearts of their kings and rulers, who are ready to foll…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet now accuses all the citizens of Samaria, and in them the whole people, because they gave obedience to the king through flattery, and to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They make the king glad with their wickedness Not any particular king; not Jeroboam the first, as Kimchi; nor Jehu, as Gr…
A practical disbelief in God's government was at the bottom of all Israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins a…
