Hosea 7:5-6

Hosea 7:5-6 King James Version (KJV)
5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

Hosea 7:5-6 Expanded Bible (EXB)

5 The kings get so drunk they get sick •every day [or on the festival day; L on the day].
The •rulers [princes] become •crazy [inflamed] with wine;
they •make agreements [conspire; L stretch out their hands] with •those who do not know the true God [mockers; scoffers].
6 Their hearts burn like an oven;
as they plot [C an assassination] against him.
All night long their anger •is low [smolders],
but when morning comes, it becomes a roaring fire.

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5 Hot wines most likely would be bad causing them to be sick. The kings would become sick because their wine would sit to long which shows that were dealing with other things which were those that were mocking them.

6 Their heart is not right, if our heart is right then we do not allow things such as anger get to us, it can destroy us which would be one thing that would bring them down, anger in itself is not sin because God gets angry it is why we get angry and how we deal with it that often times makes it sin. To be angry in the morning often times involves unresolved issues, when we are angry with someone we should handle it because that anger could bring us down.