Hosea 13:10

Hosea 13:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
• New International Version (NIV)Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will be your King; Where is any other, That he may save you in all your cities? And your judges to whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

Context of Hosea 13:10

8I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; There I will also devour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them. 9It is your destruction, O Israel, Because you are against Me, [and have rebelled] against your help. Where now is your king That he may save you [when you are attacked] in all your cities? And your judges of whom you asked, “Give me a king and princes”? 11I gave you a king in My anger, And I took him away in My wrath [as punishment]. 12The wickedness of Ephraim [which is not yet completely punished] is bound up [as in a bag]; His sin is stored up [for judgment and destruction].

Hosea 13:10 word by word

אֱהִ֤י מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֵפ֔וֹא וְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ בְּכָל־עָרֶ֑יךָ וְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ וְשָׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I willאֱהִי'ĕhîy · where?H165
• be thy kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• whereאֵפוֹ'êphô 'êphô' · thenH645
• that may saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• thee in all thy citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and thy judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• of whom thou saidstאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• and princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269

Cross-references for Hosea 13:10

• 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, who sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and bound him in prison.
• Psalms 10:16The Lord is King forever and ever; The nations will perish from His land.
• Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God; Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).
• Psalms 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
• Psalms 74:12Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
• Psalms 89:18For our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let Zion’s children rejoice in their King.
• Isaiah 33:22For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Ruler, The Lord is our King; He will save us.
• Isaiah 43:15I am the Lord, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.”
• Jeremiah 8:19Behold, [hear the sound of] the cry of the daughter of my people from the distant land [of Babylon]: “Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King within her?” [But the Lord answers] “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols?”
• Zechariah 14:9And the Lord shall be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord shall be the only one [worshiped], and His name the only one.
• John 1:49Nathanael answered, “Rabbi (Teacher), You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.”
• Hosea 13:4Yet I have been the Lord your God Since [the time you became a nation in] the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior besides Me.
• Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say [in despair], “We have no [true] king, For we do not revere the Lord; And as for the king, what can he do for us [to rescue us]?”
• Deuteronomy 32:37And He will say, ‘Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge?
• Jeremiah 2:28But where are your gods Which you made for yourself? Let them get up, if they can save you In the time of your trouble! For [as many as] the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah. [Why do not your many man-made idols run to help you?]

Commentaries on Hosea 13:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Give me a king and princes? - Referring to the time in which they cast off the Divine theocracy and chose Saul in the place of Jehovah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I will be thy King - (literally, “I would be” thy King) Where is any other that, etc. A better translation would be: “Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities; and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, give me a king and princes.” As Israel was under Samuel, such it remained. “Then” it mistrusted God, and looked to man for help, saying, “Nay, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked, that, whether God gives or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Where is your king: When Hoshea's alliance with Egypt failed (see Hosea 12:1), he attempted to make peace with Assyria. However, they captured and imprisoned him (2 Kings 17:4). The Israelites had depended on their armies and kings for salvation instead of the Lord, and now no one could save them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. I will be thy king; where--rather, as the Margin and the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, "Where now is thy king?" [Maurer]. English Version is, however, favored both by the Hebrew, by the antithesis between Israel's self-chosen and perishing kings, and God, Israel's abiding King (compare Ho 3:4, 5). where ... Give me a king--Where now is the king whom ye substituted in My stead? Neither Saul, whom the whole nation begged for, not contented with Me their…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings