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On the festal day of their king,
    the princes become inflamed with wine
while the king extends his hand
    to those who mock him.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 Probably an allusion to the assassination of Elah (see 1 Ki 16:8-14).

On the [special] day of our king the princes made themselves and him sick with the heat of wine; [the king] stretched out his hand with scoffers and lawless men.

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